nat turner
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DeSantis, Here’s 28 Black History Moments You Won’t Sweep Under the Rug
Ron DeSantis' tirade against America's racist history keep hide students from the truth.
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Small Town Horror: The Story of Nat Turner’s Rebellion and Its Brutal Aftermath
Born into slavery on a Virginia plantation in 1800, Nat Turner claimed he was chosen by God to free the slaves from bondage.
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The Twenty-Third Psalm
Some stuff about why 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' is a perfect anthem for Black America.
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Preserving Evidence of the Nation’s Slave-Holding Past Can Sometimes Prove Difficult as the US Commemorates 400th Anniversary of the 1st Enslaved Africans at Jamestown, Va.
As the country this year commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans being brought to what was then the outpost of Jamestown in the colony of Virginia, history buffs and historians alike say physical evidence of the brutal trade that built this nation and of the people who fought to end it is…
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On Black Women As Birth Of A Nation's Scapegoats, And Why Roland Martin Needs To Delete His Twitter
At the time of writing, BOAN (an acronym for Birth of a Nation) is trending. Not because of the film itself. Or even directly because of the controversy surrounding Nate Parker — its star, director, executive producer, and head writer. But because it performed below most expectations, which is being blamed on Black women collectively…
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Nat Turner’s Remains Returned to His Family After Almost 200 Years
Thanks to Nate Parker’s controversial (and apparently struggling) film The Birth of a Nation, the story of Nat Turner has once again piqued America’s popular imagination. For those who don’t know, Turner led one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in American history in the year 1831. When it was all said and done, an estimated…
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Watch: How Did the Stars of The Birth of a Nation Practice Self-Care While Shooting This Intense Film?
Black trauma stems back as far back as slavery. Knowing that our ancestors were treated worse than animals—brutalized, dehumanized and demeaned—and that this terrible legacy of racism has carried on to our modern and “progressive” times is a painful truth that we must face every day. When movies like The Birth of a Nation are…
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Review: The Birth of a Nation Isn't Strong Enough to Shake Director's Past
Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers. The Birth of a Nation reminded me of Old Man Harris. He was a bluesman in the Mississippi Delta before he became the director of the men’s chorus at my childhood church. He claimed that he’d played with the likes of B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf before…