Slavery

General Nat Turner, the Black Spartacus in a new play

November 3, 2015 By Ed Rampell

It does not do Turner and his courageous followers justice, but it may be worth seeing for those who know little about one of the most electrifying moments in American history.

Racist terrorism in Charleston

June 25, 2015 By Jarvis Tyner

All who support racial equality, democracy and justice know that the world is watching: this is time to mobilize to bring an end to racist terror and structural racism in general.

S. Carolina leaders call for removing Confederate flag from statehouse grounds

June 22, 2015 By Combined Sources

The Confederate flag features prominently in photos of the white youth arrested and charged with the murders.

“The Ballad of Jane Elkins,” Texas slave woman hanged

October 28, 2014

A soliloquy in which African-American slave Jane comes back alive to go over the last few days before she used an ax to split open the head of slave Master Wisdom.

Abraham Galloway biography provides truer picture of Civil War

August 8, 2014 By Beatrice Lumpkin

Abraham Galloway, an African-American bricklayer by trade, became a leader of the abolition cause and built a network of freedom fighters deep in the Slave South.