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Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the historical house in D.C. (National Park Service)

Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

‘An Amazing Voice for Freedom,’ Mary Ann Shadd Proved a Hero of the Suffrage Movement

by Stacy M. Brown August 7, 2019December 21, 2021

The universal church taught that slavery enjoyed the sanction of Scripture and natural law. (iStockphoto/NNPA)

Trinidad PM: Slavery ‘Left Many a Black Person Scarred’

by WI Guest Author August 7, 2019December 21, 2021

Harriet Tubman reaches into a river to rescue runaways escaping slavery on one of her journeys to free for her people. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience

Congressional Delegation Observes Anniversary of First Enslaved Africans in U.S.

by WI Guest Author July 31, 2019December 21, 2021

Schumer Latest to Support Reparations for African Americans

by Stacy M. Brown July 25, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of NNPA Newswire

Black Experience, National

The Storied History of the Black Press: ‘The Pillars of Black America’s Struggle for Justice’

by WI Guest Author June 28, 2019December 21, 2021

The Electoral College began with slavery. (Courtesy photo)

Black Experience, Black History, Faith, Religion

Black Christians Say Effects of Slavery Still Felt: Survey

by WI Guest Author June 27, 2019December 21, 2021

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo's "Nkyinkim" sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade, is displayed at The National Memorial For Peace And Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, on July 6, 2018. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Askia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: Reparations is White Man’s Only Path to Redemption

by Askia Muhammad June 19, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of D.C. Ward 8 Commissioner Salim Adofo

Black Experience, Black History

Juneteenth Celebrations to Focus on Black Liberation, Justice, Voter Registration

by WI Guest Author June 18, 2019December 21, 2021

Blacks and whites gather on the campus of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1950 for the first South-wide conference of Baptists for racial reconciliation. (Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives)

Black Experience, Black History

Ky. Seminary Rebuffs Calls for Reparations to Local HBCU

by WI Guest Author June 18, 2019December 21, 2021

This drawing, "Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619," chronicles the first 20 African slaves arriving in Jameston, Virginia. (Library of Congress)

Julianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

MALVEAUX: Distortions of Black History

by WI Guest Author May 29, 2019December 21, 2021