Tag: us slavery
Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and...
Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University
If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of...
DeSantis’ ‘war on woke’ looks a lot like attempts by other...
Rochelle Anne Davis, Georgetown University and Eileen Kane, Connecticut College
A Florida law that took effect on July 1,...
5 facts about John Witherspoon, a slaveholder and the only university...
Joseph Yannielli, Aston University
Since 2001, a bronze statue of the Rev. John Witherspoon has loomed over a busy...
Florida Gov. DeSantis leads the GOP’s national charge against public education...
Jonathan Feingold, Boston University
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ disdain for “woke ideology” is on full display.
Student ‘slave auctions’ illustrate the existence of a hidden culture of...
Barbara Harris Combs, Kennesaw State University
In an otherwise normal football season, two California high schools abruptly canceled the...
Plantations could be used to teach about US slavery if stories...
Amy Potter, Georgia Southern University and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee
State legislatures across the United States are...
What Alexander Hamilton’s deep connections to slavery reveal about the need...
Nicole S. Maskiell, University of South Carolina
Alexander Hamilton has received a resurgence of interest in recent years on...
Revisiting reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its...
Anne C. Bailey, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Some 156 years after the end of the Civil...
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...
