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African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

by Leah Douglas via The Nation on June 26, 2017

Oscar Dunn And The New Orleans Monument That Never Happened

New Orleans at 300 returns with a story about a monument that was supposed to be erected in the late 1800s, but never happened.

by Laine Kaplan-Levenson via New Orleans Public Radio on May 25, 2017

A Tale of Racial Passing and the U.S.-Mexico Border

The border blurred the stark dividing line between white and black in America, something that Americans like William Ellis used to their advantage.

by Jonathan Blitzer via The New Yorker on July 20, 2016

Barbering for Freedom

Segregation, separatism, and the history of black barbershops.

by Elias Rodriques via n+1 on September 28, 2015

These Maps Reveal How Slavery Expanded Across the United States

As the hunger for more farmland stretched west, so too did the demand for enslaved labor.

by Lincoln Mullen via Smithsonian on May 15, 2014

Tales of Brave Ulysses

Ulysses S. Grant was overlooked by historians and underestimated by contemporaries. H.W. Brands reevaluates Grant’s presidency.

by H. W. Brands via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 1, 2012

The Secret History of Guns

What gun regulations meant to the founders, and why the Black Panthers are the true pioneers of today's pro-gun movement.

by Adam Winkler via The Atlantic on September 1, 2011

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