Past Voices
The 1918 pandemic was linked to a rise in Nazi support. Will this pandemic be similar? By Igor Derysh / Salon
Discover the life and legacy of Lloyd Garrison Wheeler, the first black lawyer in Illinois. By Mitzi Miller / NYT
How ‘Mrs. America’ gives Shirley Chisholm her due — and exposes the limits of 1970s feminism. By Sonia Rao / Wash Post
How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today’s pandemic. By Kathryn McKinley / The Conversation
Erased from utopia: the hidden history of LA’s black and brown resistance. By Mike Davis and Jon Wiener / The Guardian
‘Remarkable’ woman discovered as last known survivor of transatlantic slave trade. By Jack Guy / CNN
The Myth Of Black Immunity: Racialized Disease During The COVID-19 Pandemic. By Chelsey Carter And Ezelle Sanford III / AAIHS
In 1918 and 2020, race colors America’s response to epidemics. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
The First African American Woman To Obtain A Graduate Degree In Physics Was Involved In A Top Secret US Mission. By Anna Powers / Forbes
Slavery: new digital tools show how important slave trade was to Liverpool’s development. By Nicholas Radburn and David Eltis / The Conversation
Lost Lineage: The quest to identify black Americans’ roots. By Nicole Ellis / Wash Post
Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician And An Inspiration For ‘Hidden Figures,’ Dies. By Russell Lewis / NPR
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will soon be a part of the curriculum for Oklahoma schools. By Christina Maxouris / CNN
Groveland Four, the black men pardoned after 1949 rape accusation, honored with memorial. By Erij Ortiz / NBC News
Malcolm X’s Daughter Ilyasah Shabazz on Her Father’s Legacy & the New Series “Who Killed Malcolm X?” By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Rube Foster Was The Big Man Behind The First Successful Negro Baseball League. By John Florio And Ouisie Shapiro / The Undefeated
After Fighting Nazis, Black G.I.s Faced Racism in U.S. Military. By Alexis Clark / NYT
The 1619 Project: They Sold Human Beings Here. By Anne C. Bailey / NYT
