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150 Years After Ratification of the 15th Amendment, Black Votes Are Still Contested
As conservatives in some states continue to assault the fundamental right of citizens to vote by purging voter rolls, requiring…
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Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass Statues Unveiled in Md. State House
The state of Maryland will house life-size statues of two of its most influential natives on government property: Harriet Tubman…
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DC School Apologizes after Assigning Students to Portray Slaves
A D.C. Public Schools teacher is on leave after assigning her 5th grade students to "set your price for a…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Never Forget
We must remember our history and wear it proudly. We have nothing to be ashamed about!
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Reframing the History of Slavery in Angola and the U.S.
More than half a dozen museums in the U.S. today are devoted to the story of the trans-Atlantic slave trade,…
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Virginia Marks the History of Slavery’s Beginning, and End
The stories about the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade are often too painful for descendants of enslaved Africans to…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: White Terrorism, American Style, Older than Jamestown and The Mayflower
We may not like the truth, and coming to terms with that truth may be both unsettling and painful, but…
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MUHAMMAD: Slavery, America’s ‘Original Sin’
Slavery, America's "Original Sin." It's time to repent. It's time to atone.
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JESSE JACKSON: The Significance of the 1619 Project
In telling the "unvarnished truth" of slavery, we will face the horrors of our past, as well as the triumph…
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Ceremonies, Activities in Virginia Commemorate 1619 Landing of Enslaved Africans
In commemoration of the enslaved Africans' landing in 1619 on Virginia soil, a three-day commemoration was held over the weekend…
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