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Alabama brawl turns spotlight on Montgomery’s racial history
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoViral video of a chaotic brawl along Montgomery, Alabama’s riverfront has renewed national...
The brutal trade in enslaved people within the US has been largely whitewashed out of history
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA trade card with printed black type for the domestic slave traders Hill, Ware and Chrisp....
Meticulous research yields new stories about the Clotilda slave ship | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe “Clotilda,” the last slave ship to bring Africans to America, has been much in the news...
Newspaper ads about runaway slaves in 1800s deepened their troubles
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: In honor of Black History Month, this story was written to convey both the terror of...
DeSantis appointee to Disney board taught seminar using discredited research claiming White people...
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn appointee by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to an oversight board of Disney’s special tax district...
New museum in Alabama tells history of last known slave ship to US and its survivors
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA museum that tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the...
Family of financier of last U.S. slave ship breaks silence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDescendants of the Alabama steamship owner responsible for illegally bringing 110 African captives...
Alabama House bill would make Juneteenth a state holiday — but there’s a catch
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn Alabama House bill would allow state employees to commemorate Juneteenth. With one condition. HB...
6 Things To Know About AfricaTown & Its Descendants
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfricaTown holds great historical significance as one of the nation’s oldest African-American neighborhoods. It’s credited as being one of the first...
In Netflix's 'Descendant,' The Past Bubbles Up To The Surface [MVAAFF Review]
Shadow and Act via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere were many horrors born out of the enslavement of Black bodies. Terror, sexual abuse, mental...