Past Voices
Hugh Hefner’s real progressive legacy isn’t sexual, it’s racial – Rachel Leah / Salon
Erect a Statue of This Civil Rights Hero – Carl Elliott / NYT
Travelin’ while black – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Seeking justice for the mass hanging of black soldiers after the bloody 1917 Houston riots – DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
FDR’s Message to Charlottesville—and to Donald Trump – Michael Fullilove / The Atlantic
When the Harlem Renaissance Went to Communist – Jennifer Wilson / NYT
‘A Treacherous President Stood in the Way’ – Frederick Douglass / The Atlantic 1866
James Baldwin: How to Cool It : Read the landmark 1968 Q&A on race in America -Esquire Editors / Esquire
100 Years Ago African-Americans Marched Down Fifth Avenue to Declare that Black Lives Matter – Chad Williams / Bill Moyers
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How MLK Turned JFK Into a Civil Rights Champion – Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: what was done back then—and where we are now – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
In a divided America, James Baldwin’s fiery critiques reverberate anew – Lavanya Ramanathan / Wash Post
American Dignity on the Fourth of July – David Remnick / The New Yorker
James Baldwin FBI Files: How the Author’s Fearlessness Led to a Decade Long Witch-hunt – Todd Burroughs / Atl Black Star
Past Voices – The Making of an Antislavery President – Eric Herschthal / New Republic
A Celebration of Black Lawyers, Past and Present – Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. / The New Yorker
Diary – A Personal Account of the Black Panthers in Algeria – Elaine Mokhtefi / London Review of Books
The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas – Alex Putterman / The Atlantic
