America’s best-known ornithologist written out of history – Wilson’s warbler, top, will be renamed, as will Audubon’s shearwater, named after John James Audubon. By Keiran Southern, The Times — Birds…
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Rev. Robert Turner walks from Baltimore to DC each month to raise awareness of the need to compensate Black Americans for slavery, discrimination and broken promises. By John-John Williams IV,…
Florida’s new standards for teaching social studies include throwbacks to an interpretation of slavery as benign or inconsequential. By Calvin Schermerhorn, Professor of History, Arizona State University — If there…
We rightly celebrate Abraham Lincoln for helping end slavery. But we shouldn’t forget the unstoppable force that also brought down the Slave Power: the several million slaves who left the…
By Cassandra Berman — In the fall of 2014, Georgetown University’s student newspaper, the Hoya, ran an article by undergraduate columnist Matthew Quallen titled “Georgetown, Financed by Slave Trading.” Published the…
The descendants are the progeny of 272 enslaved men, women and children sold in 1838 by the Jesuit owners of Georgetown University. By Deepa Bharath, AP — Last year, the…
Covering up slavery in the birth of the US. Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a…
Some fear that if children learn about slavery, they will lose respect for the founders. But they can appreciate those who fought for equality. By Stephanie Coontz, Los Angeles Times…
Part I: History and Black Land Stewardship. By Lisa Betty, Ethical Style Journal — “The middle passage itself was a rupture in the Atlantic ocean’s ecological maintenance.” Damani Maurice Black…
Addressing all the damage is going to take more than money — it’s going to take new laws and a deeper understanding of how our climate crisis came to fruition….
Over 95 universities are officially studying their ties to slavery. By Michela Moscufo, ABC News — Universities across the country are studying their relationship to slavery and are being called…
Newport launched more slave trading voyages than anywhere else on the continent. Local efforts and a state law now push students to learn that history. By Asher Lehrer-Small, The 74…
