The Lynching of Mary Turner
The lynching of Mary Turner in 1918 in Lowndes County, Georgia, stands as one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in American history....
Category : History
Considering History: The Role of Women in the Lynching Epidemic
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On February 14, Senator Kamala Harris introduced legislation into the Senate that would for the first time in American history make lynching a federal crime....
Uncovering the Impact of Women Slave Owners in History
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The narrative of American slavery often centers on male slaveholders, but emerging scholarship reveals the significant role white women played in perpetuating and profiting from...
The Suffragettes Were Not Allies to Black Women, They Were Racist
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This week America celebrated the 99th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s passage, which granted women the right to vote. However, like much of American history,...
How the end of slavery led to starvation and death for millions of black Americans
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The Harsh Realities of Emancipation During the Civil War The emancipation of enslaved African Americans during the Civil War (1861–1865) is often portrayed as a...
Devil’s Punchbowl — An American Concentration Camp So Horrific It was Erased from History
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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...
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)...