If the South Had Won the Civil War, Slavery Could Have Lasted Until the 20th Century
Aaron Sheehan-Dean is the Fred C. Frey Professor of Southern Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of titles such as Why Confederates...
Category : History
Free State of Jones reminds us that slavery didn’t end with the Civil War and its poisonous legacy is real
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I recently watched Free State of Jones starring Matthew McConaughey, and as a scholar of both the American Civil War and the broader subject of...
Presidents Who Owned Slaves
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John Adams:Â The second president did not approve of slavery and never owned slaves. He and his wife Abigail were offended when the federal government moved...
The History of Lynchings in The United States
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Lynching in the United States represents one of the darkest chapters in the nation’s racial history—a form of extrajudicial violence where mobs publicly executed individuals...
Thurgood Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall was a prominent American lawyer and civil rights activist who played a pivotal role in the struggle for racial equality in the United...
Eugene “Bull” Connor
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Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973) was a prominent Alabama politician and law enforcement official whose long career in public...
Melba Pattillo
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Melba Pattillo Beals made history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central...
The Great Migration
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During the Great Migration, African Americans faced many challenges, including discrimination, racism, and violence in the North. Housing discrimination was widespread, with many African Americans...
Universal Negro Improvement Association
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Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), primarily in the United States, organization founded by Marcus Garvey (q.v.), dedicated to racial pride, economic self-sufficiency, and the formation...
Emancipation Proclamation
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But the president’s role as commander in chief cut two ways. If it restrained him from alienating proslavery Unionists, it also empowered him to seize...