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GOP State Lawmaker Slammed For Saying 3/5 Compromise Aimed To End Slavery

GOP State Lawmaker Slammed For Saying 3/5 Compromise Aimed To End Slavery
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Lafferty (R) has been fact-checked by historians and accused of trying to distort U.S. history after he argued in a st...
Posted in 1619 project, african american history, american history, race, racism, slave, slavery, Tennessee legislature, THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE

Nikole Hannah-Jones Responds To Republican Efforts To Censor 1619 Project

Nikole Hannah-Jones Responds To Republican Efforts To Censor 1619 Project
Nikole Hannah-Jones responded to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) recent request to the Secretary of Education to deny funding to ...
Posted in 1619 project, mitch McConnell, new york times, Nikole Hannah-Jones, race, racism, republican, slave, slavery

How ‘Antebellum’ Turned America’s Relentless Racism Into A Brutal Horror Movie

How ‘Antebellum’ Turned America’s Relentless Racism Into A Brutal Horror Movie
Warning: Spoilers ahead. If “Antebellum” plays like a nightmare, that’s because it was born out of one. The genesis for the horror movie came to c...
Posted in antebellum, arts and entertainment, black movies, entertainment news, janelle monae, pop culture, race, racism, slave, slavery

Frederick Douglass statue vandalized on anniversary of his famous Fourth of July Rochester speech

Frederick Douglass statue vandalized on anniversary of his famous Fourth of July Rochester speech
On the same weekend in which famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass 168 years ago delivered one of his most historically resonant speeches, a statu...
Posted in abolitionist, frederick douglas, independence day, july fourth, monument, new york, race, racism, rochester, SLAVERY, statue, vandalism

Ida B. Wells Awarded Posthumous Pulitzer Prize For Lynching Investigations

Ida B. Wells Awarded Posthumous Pulitzer Prize For Lynching Investigations
The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes, announced on Monday, included one very important posthumous winner: Ida B. Wells, a Black woman who became one of the mo...
Posted in black excellence, black literature, black women, black writers, IDA B. WELLS, journalism, lynching, Pulitzer prize, SLAVERY

Henry Brown Was A Slave In North Carolina – Until He Mailed Himself To Freedom

Henry Brown Was A Slave In North Carolina – Until He Mailed Himself To Freedom
Henry Brown had reached the nadir of his despair. The Virginia slave’s pregnant wife and three children had just been sold away after their owner...
Posted in abolitionist, black history, henry box brown, railroad, SLAVERY, underground

T.I. Destroys Candace Owens Over MAGA & Slavery Talk During Revolt Summit

T.I. Destroys Candace Owens Over MAGA & Slavery Talk During Revolt Summit
The slogan “Make America Great Again” infamously became popularized in 2016 as a rallying cry for conservatives, white supremacists, and other syc...
Posted in 2020 election, bet, candace owens, government, maga, politics, politics and government, race, SLAVERY, social issues, summit, TI

The New York Times '1619 Project' hits newsstands and examines the history of US slavery

The New York Times '1619 Project' hits newsstands and examines the history of US slavery
LAST NIGHT, AT THE EVENT SPACE of The New York Timesbuilding, a collection of Black journalists, poets, and museum curators announced their intent...
Posted in 1619 project, black history, donald trump, journalism, new york times, race, racism, reparation, SLAVERY

Robert E. Lee Descendant: Reparations Are Necessary If People ‘Want To Fix Racism’

Robert E. Lee Descendant: Reparations Are Necessary If People ‘Want To Fix Racism’
A descendant of Confederate Army Gen. Robert E. Lee believes that reparations are necessary to tackle racism.  The Rev. Robert W. Lee IV, the gen...
Posted in donald trump, reparations, robert e lee, SLAVERY, white privilege

Mitch McConnell Says Obama’s Election Means We Don’t Need Reparations

Mitch McConnell Says Obama’s Election Means We Don’t Need Reparations
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday dismissed the idea of modern-day reparations for slavery, arguing that civil rights legi...
Posted in barack obama, danny glover, mitch mcConnell, reparations, sheila jackson lee, SLAVERY, ta nehisi coates

Ancestry.com Pulls Ad That Whitewashes Slavery With Interracial Romance

Ancestry.com Pulls Ad That Whitewashes Slavery With Interracial Romance
Ancestry.com responded to backlash Thursday by pulling an ad that romanticizes race relations during the Civil War era. The ad, released earlier t...
Posted in advertiusing, ancestry, ancestry.com, commercial, SLAVERY

Georgetown Students Vote To Give Reparations To Descendants Of Slaves Sold To Fund School

Georgetown Students Vote To Give Reparations To Descendants Of Slaves Sold To Fund School
Students at Georgetown University have voted overwhelmingly to create a fund to provide reparations to descendants of 272 slaves sold to fund the ...
Posted in education, racism, reparations, SLAVERY, students