Free Blacks in Accomack County during the Antebellum Period
This post is part of our forum on “The Books, Archives, and Monuments That Shaped Me.” During the Antebellum period,
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Northern Journalism in the Promotion of the Lost Cause
This post is part of our forum on “The Books, Archives, and Monuments That Shaped Me.” Since the age of
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Call for Papers–Black Feminist Truth Telling
Call for Papers: Black Feminist Truth Telling: Stories, Statements, and Collective Meaning Making Guest Editor: Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, Georgia
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The Problem with Baltimore
In 2015, Harvard economists Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren did a study on how the socioeconomic conditions of the neighborhoods
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A Black Woman’s Story of Sacrifice and Survival
On January 4, 1861−one week before Alabama officially seceded from the Union−a 65-year-old freed Black woman named Sally Johnson, petitioned
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