Slavery

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January 24, 2018
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January 23, 2018
The last slave ship to bring human cargo to America might have been found by Ben Raines of AL.com. He…
January 22, 2018
Back in 1838, Jesuit priests sold 272 slaves to save Georgetown University from bankruptcy. Now, the descendants of those enslaved
December 8, 2017
The Alabama Senate candidate's shocking comments is gaining steam online
November 30, 2017
Get into these organizations battling slavery and ways you can help
October 31, 2017
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly characterized the removal of Confederate statues as a "dangerous" erasure of history.
August 23, 2017
For months, I’ve taken issue with a smaller topic in the community pushing the a false-truth about the history of
July 24, 2017
Slavery in a modern context, or in any context, is a scary thought and HBO recently decided to greenlight a…
July 4, 2017
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass uttered the only real speech you need to hear concerning the Fourth of July.
June 19, 2017
“Wheel of Fortune” has apologized for using a backdrop for its “Southern Charm” week that appeared to show African-Americans dressed
June 19, 2017
Black people celebrate Juneteenth to mark our freedom from slavery, but that doesn’t mean slavery is over. And if we
June 6, 2017
Students at a Texas middle school called a black female student an ape, hurled racial insults at her, and pretended
May 17, 2017
The city of New Orleans began removal of a statue of Gen. P.G.T Beauregard, a Confederate general--the third out of…
April 24, 2017
Workers in New Orleans removed the first of four prominent Confederate monuments, severing itself from symbols of racism and white…
April 24, 2017
Discrimination isn't just affecting our waking lives; it affects our sleeping selves.
April 21, 2017
Western Kentucky University’s Student Government Association passed a resolution on Tuesday that expressed support for paying reparations to black students.
April 11, 2017
Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad," his novel about an escaped slave, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
March 23, 2017
Students under the supervision of a substitute teacher at a New Jersey elementary school, decided to stage a mock slave…
March 7, 2017
It’s easy to drag Ben Carson. He makes it so very easy, fun even. Any rational, minimally educated adult could
February 21, 2017
It was my first time visiting the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and the name plate read “Araminta