By Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my…
Tag: U.S. Civil War
Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization
By Sara Safransky, Vanderbilt University; Elsa Noterman, Queen Mary University of London, and Madeleine Lewis, Vanderbilt University Ever since the…
Not all insurrections are equal – for enslaved Americans, it was the only option
By Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson CollegeFor most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day. That changed in 2021…
US laws created during slavery are still on the books. A legal scholar wants to at least acknowledge that history in legal citations
By Justin Simard, Michigan State University As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were…
For 150 years, Black journalists have known what confederate monuments really stood for
By Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania In October 2023, nearly seven years after the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist…
US has a long history of state lawmakers silencing elected Black officials and taking power from their constituents
By Rodney Coates, Miami University Mississippi legislators have enacted a law that would create a new judicial system covering the…
