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14 eye-opening essays from Black writers to read to understand America's problems with race
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCrystal M. Fleming, author and associate professor of sociology and Africana Studies at SUNY Stony...
Opinion/Chaput: DeSantis claim on slavery points to a need for history education
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoErik Chaput is the co-creator of the Dorr Rebellion Project website:...
Juneteenth essays invite citizens to reflect upon complicated American history | Editorial
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAmerican history students often learn incorrectly that 16th President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation...
Juneteenth an opportunity to celebrate past, look forward to future: student essays
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoStudents across Greater Lansing wrote essays about the history and importance of Juneteenth as part...
What is 'The 1619 Project' and why has Gov. DeSantis banned it from Florida schools?
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"The 1619 Project," a six-part documentary series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning essay and...
25 Best Books To Read During Black History Month
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBlack booksellers recommend these books during Black History Month and beyond. Reading books that focus on the African diaspora is crucial to tackling...
The 1539 Project: Why Black Midwest and Iowa history matters
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTO READERS: An earlier version of this essay gave the wrong date for Nikole Hannah-Jones' speech at Iowa State University. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from Waterloo ...
The Perils and Promise of America's Third Reconstruction
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Illustration by Ajubel Studio for TIME W.E.B. Du Bois is perhaps best known for introducing...
Hulu's 'The 1619 Project' examines the impact of slavery on America today
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months ago"I'm at a point where I realize all the attacks just made the project grow and expanded its reach,"...
Coal Creek history: How Welsh coal miners ended convict leasing and slavery in Tennessee
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis is a three-part series by Carolyn Krause drawing on Barry Thacker’s “Bringing the Coal Creek...