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 ...
I vowed after ‘The Civil War’ not to do any more war films,” says the master documentarian. “It hurt too much.” Lucky for us, he couldn’t keep his promise—paving the way for The American Revolution, ...
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent A year after its release, The Transatlantic Slave Trade: ...
One Bluebonnet lesson instructs students to memorize the order in which the Bible says God created the universe.
In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.
4d
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, ...
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 ...
In “The Great Contradiction,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at the way the founders wrestled with the fate of ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback