One family's stories prove to be a window on Black struggle and persistence in American history
At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...
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Revisionist History and Sherman’s War Crimes
Gen. William T. Sherman‘s infamous “March to the Sea” is covered almost antiseptically in American history texts. Yet, ...
Opinion
GUEST COLUMN: Revise, revise, revise. That’s how history works
Minnesota becomes embroiled in a debate over our shared history. Currently, two of our state’s most important cultural institutions, the University of Minnesota and the ...
National Geographic explorer shows how Black history heals in new book
National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts goes through a journey of self discover and healing while study sunken enslavement ...
Opinion
COMMENTARY: Yes, we should remember the Alamo
No one is trying to topple the Alamo quite yet, but a new revisionist book on the foundational event of Texas history partakes of the iconoclastic spirit of our time. The book, titled “Forget the ...
Common Sense Media2d
50 Books All Kids Should Read Before They're 12
From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...
Rutgers University2d
New Book Tells the Story of the Most Influential Black Woman You’ve Never Heard Of
Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, an associate professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations, explores this ...
The Orlando Advocate2d
PRESS ROOM: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and Stacy M. Brown’s Groundbreaking Book on the Transatlantic Slave Trade Calls for Action and Education
The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and other publications ...
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Framing the past: How Roma people are depicted in Romanian and Greek schools
The so-called “stateless people,” who originally migrated from northern India to Europe in the 14th century, are today ...
Millions of Native people were enslaved in the Americas. Their story waits to be told.
The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...
Black abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet, who lived on Long Island, helped shape the country's views on slavery
A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...