The Historical Roots of Abolition in the Twenty-First Century
In June 2020 Mariame Kaba penned an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled, “Yes We Literally Mean Abolish
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Slavery
The Revolt That Almost Overthrew Slavery
In 1763, in a remote corner of the Atlantic world, enslaved people came closer than ever before to overthrowing slavery
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Black Soldiers and the Civil War
Shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation enabled African American men to enlist in the Union army in 1863, Alexander Thomas Augusta
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Excavating the History of Afro-Brazilian Women
Only a few pages remain of what is cited as the first known text written by an Afro-Brazilian woman. Rosa
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The History of African American Visual Culture
If you were lucky enough to see “The Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” an
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