The most iconic image of racist brutality in America would have looked different had James Cameron not survived a lynching attempt in Indiana in 1930. He devoted the rest of his life not just to civil rights, but to memorializing the moment of his near death.
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5 things people still get wrong about slavery | Vox
We asked historians to debunk slavery’s greatest myths.
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People Say Gullah Geechee Culture is Disappearing. BJ Dennis Says They’re Wrong | Bon Appetit
The unofficial chef ambassador takes us deep into the heart of the Low Country, to meet the home cooks keeping the traditions of their enslaved ancestors alive
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Overlooked No More: Georgia Gilmore, Who Fed and Funded the Montgomery Bus Boycott | The New York Times
Gilmore started the Club From Nowhere, a clandestine group that prepared and sold meals to raise money for the 381-day resistance action.
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The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings | The New York Times
America’s nuns are beginning to confront their ties to slavery, but it’s still a long road to repentance.
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Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years on | Reuters
By Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters ADIDWAN, Ghana (Reuters) – Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his uncle, remembering the man he loved but also a past that has haunted his family for generations. His uncle was called Kwame Badu, a name that has been passed on through the family in remembrance of an ancestor with that […]
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The Woman Who Kept Juneteenth Alive in San Francisco | KQED
Devin Katayama & Ericka Cruz Guevarra,KQED A memorial table at the African American Art and Culture Complex in San Francisco honors community leaders who have passed. Rachel Townsend (center) who died in 2018 is remembered for her activism and organizing of the city’s annual Juneteenth parade. Featured Image [dropcap]San[/dropcap] Francisco’s Juneteenth, a commemoration of the […]
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A Forgotten Presidential Candidate From 1904 | NPR
Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for president of the United States. In 1904, George Edwin Taylor — often forgotten in the discussion of black American political pioneers — […]
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This Is What It’s Like to Be a Mom at 10 and Married at 11 in Florida | Global Citizen
Johnson was forced to marry her rapist to help him evade punishment.
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The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity | The Guardian
Their ancestors were black slaves owned by Native Americans. Now they’re suing the Creek nation to fully restore their citizenship
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