Tag: slavery
SUNY Binghamton Professor Anne Bailey Interviewed About Her Project Documenting Where Slaves Were Sold in U.S.
WNYC’s Brian Lehrer spoke to SUNY Binghamton history professor Anne Bailey about her project to locate and photograph the sites where slaves were auctioned in…
Slate Slavery In America Podcast: Episode 1 The Terrible Transformation of Slavery in the 1600s
Five years ago Slate put out a well-regarded series on the history of American slavery. Unfortunately, it was behind a paywall and only Slate+ subscribers…
Poll: How Much Does the History of Slavery Impact Modern African Americans?
A new survey from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago shows that while older white Americans still question the long-term effects…
NY Times: Why Can’t We Teach Slavery Right in American Schools?
The New York Times continues its challenging series 1619 today with an article on the misteaching of slavery in American schools. You can find the article…
David Blight on the Centrality of the 14th Amendment to Reconstruction’s Legacy
Several years ago Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Blight published an essay in The Atlantic on the centrality of the 14th Amendment that is well…
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