It’s especially important to focus on the history of African-American women, who historically faced both racial and gender discrimination, and whose stories are therefore even more hidden from many mainstream histories.
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When Black Women Reclaimed Their Bodies | Slate
The fight for sexual justice during Reconstruction.
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Malcolm X’s alleged assassin hiding in plain sight in Newark 50 years after civil rights leader was killed, author claims | Daily News
“It’s an affront to justice and an affront to the legacy of Malcolm.”
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James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil | The New Yorker
“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.”
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The Harlem Hellfighters: African-American WWI heroes | New York Amsterdam News
Despite overt racism in their own country, the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment of the 93rd Division, nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, fought alongside Caucasian Frenchmen in the trenches, some even wearing French uniforms.
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What Kids Are Really Learning About Slavery | The Atlantic
A new report finds that the topic is mistaught and often sentimentalized—and students are alarmingly misinformed as a result.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Baltimore Hosts Series of Events to Commemorate Frederick Douglass’ 200th Birthday | Good Black News
Baltimore is filled with special opportunities to experience Black History Month and Frederick Douglass’ legacy, especially during this memorable anniversary.
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Remembering the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike | AFRO
A War for Black Respect—“I Am A Man”
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One of History’s Foremost Anti-Slavery Organizers Is Often Left Out of the Black History Month Story | Time
“If slavery has been destroyed merely from necessity, let every class be enfranchised at the dictation of justice. Then we shall have a Constitution that shall be reverenced by all, rulers who shall be honored and revered, and a Union that shall be sincerely loved by a brave and patriotic people, and which can never be severed.”
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The hidden history of black nationalist women’s political activism | The Conversation
Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the historical contributions of black people in the United States. Too often, however, this history focuses on black men, sidelining black women and diminishing their contributions.
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