slavery in the united states
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White Kentucky Republican Says Her Dad Was a White Slave…We Have Questions
“My father was a slave, just to a white man and he was white,” State Rep. Jennifer Decker told the NAACP.
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Black People Built That: Iconic Landmarks Created and Designed by African Americans
The White House, Harvard Law School and the U.S. Capitol building are just a few well-known buildings we built.
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In Order for Americans To Love Our Country in Full, They Must Acknowledge Its History in Full
Teachers must have the freedom to teach the accurate history of our nation, no matter how painful and shameful some of that history might be.
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Inside the Fight to Close The Infamous ‘Slavery Loophole’
Democrats in Congress introduced the ‘Abolition Amendment,’ but what does it actually do?
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Everything You Want to Know About The History of Juneteenth
The Root explains how this Texan-based celebration came to be our 12th federal holiday.
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Why Reparations Owed to Black People Could be Too Massive for Cash payouts
The writer tries to compute how much is a life of enslavement worth in today’s dollars?
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Remains of San Diego Juneteenth Advocate Go Missing?!
The family of Sidney Cooper is suing the cemetery where he was thought to be buried more than two decades ago.
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Examples Of How Businesses Got Juneteenth Wrong
As soon as Juneteenth became a federal holiday, we knew that things would go left.
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If You Take One Lesson From Juneteenth, Let It Be This One
Political strategist Antjuan Seawright draws a parallel between Juneteenth 1865 and the fight for freedom today.
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If You Read One Book This Juneteenth, Make it Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon”
Zora Neale Hurston’s book is the perfect reminder of why we celebrate.