The tragic history of the African slave trade in the Gulf of Mexico has been largely forgotten
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‘The Blood of Lynching Victims Is in This Soil.’ | National Geographic
By preserving soil from sites where blacks died from lynchings, a museum aims to help America acknowledge the racist brutality in its past.
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CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice Debuts Online Archive on Slavery in New York | Good Black News
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University of New York, has announced the establishment of the New York Slavery Records Index, an online archive of slavery records from 1525 until the end of the Civil War.
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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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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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Detroit’s Untold Stories of Slavery | The New York Times
In “The Dawn of Detroit,” the historian Tiya Miles transports the reader back to the 18th century and brings to life a multiracial community that began in slavery.
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Her Ancestor Was a Slave to Cherokee Indians. Now She’s Applying to Be a Citizen of the Tribe | Yes Magazine
A landmark decision offers opportunity for healing between descendants of slaveholders and slaves.
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Reparations Site Asks People to ‘Offset Your Privilege’ with Acts of Kindness | The Guardian
The project by a Seattle-based artist lets strangers help a person of color with anything from childcare to taxes, and has attracted both praise and criticism.
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