In 1857, the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott ruling denied Black citizenship, upheld slavery, and stands as one of the Court's ...
Some food traditions are so indelible to American culture that the contributions of African American chefs have largely been ...
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating ...
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent A year after its release, The Transatlantic Slave Trade: ...
The Experiment Continues: Recalling America’s pre-Civil War struggle with slavery | Guest Commentary
It would take another war and the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives for a new birth of freedom to begin its reign.
American centuries follow hundred-year cycles. Within those cycles, every "'20s" decade is a crucible of cruelty. Every "'70s ...
Injustice,” by the veteran journalists Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, follows federal prosecutors at work under the ...
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How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery
As America marks 250 years since the Declaration, Jefferson’s words have taken on an aura of moral clarity about equality, ...
In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...
The world’s largest slave society was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff beyond what’s commonly assumed.
Hayner Library talk decodes messages in Underground Railroad spirituals ...
Jeffrey Rosen, lawyer and U.S. Constitution scholar, has written the second book in a series of constitutional contemplations, “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting ...
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