Devil’s Punchbowl — An American Concentration Camp So Horrific It was Erased from History
Say the words concentration camps, and most will surmise the topic surrounds World War II and the Nazis; but the hard labor, constant threat of...
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HOW WHITE WOMEN BENEFITED FROM ‘STANDING ON THE BACKS OF WOMEN OF COLOR’
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An article in Slate takes an unflinching look at how white women have benefited in the workplace from the sweat of black and brown women. In Rethinking Work-Life...
The Brutal Legacy of “Alligator Bait”
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A Chapter in America’s Enduring Disregard for Black Lives In the sweltering swamps of the American South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries,...
Sexual Violence Against Enslaved African Males by White Slave Owners
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Did you know white slave owners raped enslaved African males? The history of slavery in the United States is marked by profound atrocities, including widespread...
The little-known story of Eugene Roberts; the black NYPD secret agent who infiltrated Malcolm X’s inner security and the Black Panther Party
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A Black man who doubled as a detective for the police force managed to infiltrate the security detail of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU)...
Tom Molineaux
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From Slavery to Boxing Stardom, a Forgotten Hero’s Tale In a quiet, hilltop graveyard in Mervue, near Galway City, lies the unmarked resting place of...
Enforced Violence as Entertainment and Profit in Slavery
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How enslaved Blacks beating each other to near-death was a great source of entertainment and cash for white plantation owners During the era of chattel...
Theodore G. Bilbo
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Theodore G. Bilbo was governor of Mississippi for two terms and a U.S. Senator for two, from 1935 to 1947. He ranks high and shrill...
The Electoral College’s Racist Origins
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Is a color-blind political system possible under our Constitution? If it is, the Supreme Court’s evisceration of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 did little...
For sending a Christmas Card to a white girl, 15-year-old Willie Howard was kidnapped, tied and forced to jump in a river to drown
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On January 2, 1944, 15-year-old Willie James Howard, a black boy, was kidnapped and lynched by three white men in Suwannee County, Florida, after being...