slavery
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Watch: What Does Freedom Mean to the Cast of Underground?
The cast of Underground has to come to work every day knowing they’re about to portray slaves whose main goal in life is freedom for themselves and their families. That is no simple task, even for the best of actors. “We’re not only looking for freedom in Underground; we are still looking for freedom,” said…
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Black 2nd-Graders at L.A. Elementary School Get Math Homework With a Word Problem About Slavery
Parents of students at Windsor Hills Elementary School in Los Angeles are outraged after second-graders at the school received a math homework assignment last week that contained a word problem with racial undertones. NBC News reports that students received the following word problem as part of their math homework: The master needed 192 slaves to…
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Geraldo Rivera Quits Yale After University Removes Slavery Supporter’s Name
Geraldo Rivera, former talk show host, current Fox News contributor and, most importantly, the man who didn’t find anything in Al Capone’s vault, decided to resign from his voluntary position at Yale University after the school decided to change the name of a residential college that honored a slavery supporter. Rivera was an associate fellow…
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Yale Renames Building of Slavery Defender John C. Calhoun to Honor ‘Amazing Grace’
As is the case with many institutions of higher learning confronting their slave-tinged pasts and renaming their buildings, Yale University announced Saturday that it would change the name of the residential college of white supremacist John C. Calhoun to honor computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper. The New York Times reports that the decision to rename…
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Watch: What Would the Characters From Underground Say to President Trump?
The 45th president of the Unites States of America, Donald Trump, is a lot of things. So many venomous words come to mind. But I’m not here to Trump-bash (today). I’m here to shine some light on what we already know: America is changing under his rule, and while many of us protest and speak…
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Fight, Flight or Freeze? Trump Is the Ultimate History Test for Black America
I remember sitting in class back in high school and learning about slavery, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement (since that’s all they taught about black history) and thinking … what the hell? The few other black kids in my class and I would often mutter that we never would have been slaves. We…
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Va. Mom Furious After Son, Black Classmates Told to Act Like Slaves for Skit
A Staunton, Va., mom is calling for action after her son, who is in the sixth grade at Shelburne Middle School, was caught up in a controversial history lesson, WHSV reports. Tamika Derozen said that her son’s class was learning about the Louisiana Purchase when “the teacher asked all of the African-American students to come…
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Maine Governor: John Lewis Owes the GOP a Thank-You for Ending Slavery
Maine Gov. Paul LePage has lost his mind. I can’t confirm that Maine Gov. Paul LePage ever had a mind, but I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt here. I can say that his comments Tuesday that Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) owes President-elect Donald Trump and the GOP a “thank-you” to be clear signs…
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Parents File Complaint After Teacher's Racially Charged Explanation of Equality
The parents of a Folsom, Calif., middle schooler are furious after they say a teacher used a racially charged explanation in class, CBS Sacramento reports. The incident occurred at the Sutter Middle School and was prompted by a question from one of the students. “One of the kids raised their hand and asked the teacher…