Slavery
Today in black history: First protest against slavery
February 18, 2013On this day in 1688 Pennsylvania Quakers organzied the first protest against slavery, the "Germantown Protest." It was the first of its kind in the English colonies. The protest took the form of a petition based...
Read moreToday in labor history: Radical Reconstruction and 40 acres and a mule
February 5, 2013In 1866, Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to a bill requiring 40 acre plots be parceled out to former slaves from both confiscated and public land in the former slave South.
Read more“The Abolitionists”: must-see TV
January 16, 2013"The Abolitionists" should be seen by as many viewers as possible and shown widely in public schools.
Read moreHistory, Tarantino style: “Django Unchained”
January 8, 2013"Django Unchained" takes a central tragedy of American history and re-imagines it as exploitation-film revenge fantasy.
Read moreSystemic violence and mass shootings
December 18, 2012While we mourn the victims of the heinous shootings in Newtown, Conn., it is important to pause for a moment to reflect on what this violence means.
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