When many people think of slavery during the Colonial or Antebellum periods, romanticized scenes from the film “Gone with the Wind” often come to mind — vast Southern plantations, elaborate gowns, and ...
In a new book, Robell Awake uncovers the legacy of Black artisans in the U.S. By the time he obtained his freedom sometime between 1850 and 1860, and settled in Williamson County, Tennessee, Richard ...
President Donald Trump‘s latest remark about slavery has put renewed scrutiny on the Smithsonian museums, which are currently under internal review by the White House to “remove divisive or partisan ...
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Inside the Explosive Delineation Debate Picking Apart Black Folk’s Identity, History, and Who ‘Belongs’
From ancestry and reparations to defining identity, the delineation movement is sparking conversations, and controversy, across Black America.
Gwen Partridge, or Mrs. Gwen to her pre-K students, walked around her homemade Black History Museum at the YMCA Immanuel Early Learning Center in Omaha, Neb., on an icy Thursday. She and her ...
We are living in a time when self-professed Catholics are not only turning a blind eye to evil, but have elected and are supporting President Donald Trump, who is against diversity, against immigrants ...
On the occasion of Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the end of slavery, President Trump took a moment to complain that the national holiday even exists. “Too many non-working holidays in America,” ...
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