The Multiracial Activist Authenticity Is Not A Buzzword (or White Women Can Be Racist Too) July 7, 2017 Sherronda Brown on “Sofia Coppola erased Black women from ‘The Beguiled’ because […]
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Tag: Slavery and Reparations
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee
Adam Serwer, writing for The Atlantic, on The Myth of the Kindly General Lee: Every state that seceded mentioned slavery as the cause in their declarations of secession. Lee’s beloved […]
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News Clip: Why You Can’t Ever Call an Enslaved Woman a “Mistress”
Lincoln Blades, writing for Teen Vogue on Why You Can’t Ever Call an Enslaved Woman a “Mistress”: Jefferson owned many slaves at Monticello, but Hemings has received the most attention […]
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Muhammad Ali and America’s Slave Society
Muhammad Ali and America’s Slave Society Originally published at the Future of Freedom Foundation February 27, 2017 by Jacob G. Hornberger In an era in which vilification of […]
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No Bill O’Reilly, Slavery Was Not Charity From the Government
Bill O’Reilly, ignorantly responding to Michelle Obama while defending slavery: Slaves that worked there were well-fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government, which stopped hiring slave labor in […]
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What To The Slave Is The 4th Of July?
What To The Slave Is The 4th Of July? Independence Day Speech at Rochester, New York Given on July 5, 1852 by Frederick Douglass Fellow Citizens, I am […]
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Slavery in the American Mountain South
Slavery in the American Mountain South http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/vtpubs/mountain_slavery/index.htm
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The Code Noir (The Black Code) of Louis XIV
The Code Noir (The Black Code) of Louis XIV (English translation) http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/335/
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School defends slavery booklet
School defends slavery booklet Critic says text is ‘window dressing’ By T. KEUNG HUI, Staff Writer Students at one of the area’s largest Christian schools are reading a controversial booklet […]
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Debating a Plan for a Blacks-Only Fund to Finance an ‘Africa Town’ in Detroit
Debating a Plan for a Blacks-Only Fund to Finance an ‘Africa Town’ in Detroit The New York Times October 13, 2004 By STEPHEN KINZER DETROIT, Oct. 12 – Amid the […]
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