Tag: Slavery
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable...
Matthew Larson, Wayne State University
June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States.
For hundreds of...
Mormons confront a history of Church racism
Matthew Bowman, Henderson State University
On June 1 of this year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – or the Mormons – will...
African rhythms, ideas of sin and the Hammond organ: A brief...
Robert Stephens, University of Connecticut
The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony of Virginia in 1619 after being forcefully removed from their...
What Kwanzaa means for black Americans
Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University
On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with...
The constitutional right to education is long overdue
Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina
Public school funding has shrunk over the past decade. School discipline rates reached historic highs. Large achievement gaps...
How African-Americans disappeared from the Kentucky Derby
Katherine Mooney, Florida State University
When the horses enter the gate for the 143rd Kentucky Derby, their jockeys will hail from Louisiana, Mexico,...
Five lessons Trump could learn from Lincoln
Donald Nieman, Binghamton University, State University of New York
How will Donald Trump observe Presidents Day?
Will he have the inclination or take the...
Even before sanctuary cities, here’s how black Americans protected fugitive slaves
Even before sanctuary cities, here's how black Americans protected fugitive slaves
Barbara Krauthamer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Over the past few days, the national climate has...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
