Dr. Molefi Asante, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University says June 19th, 1865, also known as Juneteenth, is a day that blacks in America should never forget. "It is ...

Many Americans carry misconceptions about the Civil War and slavery, shaping their understanding of history and its ongoing impact. Myths about why the war was fought, who fought it, and the realities ...

In 1812, Spanish officials in Havana, searching the house of a man named José Antonio Aponte, discovered a wooden box hidden in a clothing trunk, opened it, and were stunned by what they found inside.

This journalistic essay examines contemporary slavery as a structural regime of the current global order rather than as a residual anomaly, a marginal ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan provided introductory remarks to begin her lecture on the state's decision to keep slavery or abolish ...