legacy of slavery — Bunk History

Viewing 421–450 of 497 results. Go to first page

Five Myths About Slavery

No, the Civil War didn’t end slavery, and the first Africans didn’t arrive in America in 1619.

by Daina Ramey Berry, Talitha L. LeFlouria via Washington Post on February 7, 2020

1619?

What to the historian is 1619? What to Africans and their descendants is 1619?

by Sasha Turner via Black Perspectives on January 14, 2020

Statue of Thomas Jefferson and an American flag.

Jefferson's Other Legacy: Religious Liberty

Religious bigotry is only less pressing today than racial bigotry because of progress Jefferson helped bring about.

by Cameron Addis via HNN on January 10, 2020

Elizabeth Pryor

Why It's So Hard to Talk about the N-word

A professor explains the trauma of encountering "an idea disguised as a word."

by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor via TED on December 1, 2019

First Lady Grace Coolidge with the racoon that was meant to be dinner.

Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon

A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.

by Luke Fater via Atlas Obscura on November 26, 2019

Enslaved men in chains, from the cover of "Williams' Gang" by Jeff Forret.

The History of Black Incarceration Is Longer Than You May Think

Enslaved woman Charlotte thought she was "free" from the slaveowner. She was wrong.

by Jeff Forret via HNN on November 24, 2019

The Tortured Logic of #ADOS

The American Descendants of Slavery movement combines a left-wing critique of America’s founding with a distinctly right-wing strain of xenophobia.

by Hubert Adjei-Kontoh via The Outline on November 21, 2019

American Slavery and ‘the Relentless Unforeseen’

What 1619 has become to the history of American slavery, 1688 is to the history of American antislavery.

by Sean Wilentz via New York Review of Books on November 19, 2019

Crowd of people at the counting of Electoral College votes in the U.S. Congress.

The Electoral College’s Racist Origins

More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that.

by Wilfred Codrington III via The Atlantic on November 17, 2019

Citibank: Exploiting the Past, Condemning the Future

In 2011, Citigroup published a 300-page 200th anniversary commemoration Celebrating the Past, Defining the Future. Is it a past to celebrate?

by Alan J. Singer via HNN on November 3, 2019

The Achievements, and Compromises, of Two Reconstruction-era Amendments

While they advanced African American rights, they had serious flaws, Eric Foner writes.

by John Fabian Witt via Washington Post on October 31, 2019

GMU to Erect Memorial Honoring More Than 100 People Enslaved by George Mason

The structure will span 300 feet and is expected to be unveiled on the Fairfax City campus in 2021.

by Lauren Lumpkin via Washington Post on September 28, 2019

Telling the Untold History

When Civil War reenacting began, it was largely the province of folks who wished to uphold the Old South myth. Now, a more diverse group of reenactors is pushing back.

by S. E. Curtis via The Bitter Southerner on September 17, 2019

White Americans' Hold on Wealth Is Old, Deep, and Nearly Unshakeable

White families quickly recuperated financial losses after the Civil War, then created a Jim Crow credit system.

by Brentin Mock via CityLab on September 3, 2019

Moral Courage and the Civil War

Monuments ask us to look at the past, but how they do it exposes crucial aspects of the present.

by Elizabeth D. Samet via The American Scholar on September 3, 2019

Cotton field.

How The 1619 Project Rehabilitates the ‘King Cotton’ Thesis

The New York Times’ series on slavery relies on bad scholarship to make an argument with an inauspicious history.

by Phillip W. Magness via National Review on August 26, 2019

A Brief History of the History Wars

Conservative uproar over the 1619 Project is just the most recent clash in a battle over how we should understand America’s past.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on August 20, 2019

How We Think About the Term 'Enslaved' Matters

The first Africans who came to America in 1619 were not ‘enslaved’, they were indentured – and this is a crucial difference.

by Nell Irvin Painter via The Guardian on August 14, 2019

The Great Land Robbery

The shameful story of how 1 million black families have been ripped from their farms.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on August 12, 2019

How African American Land Was Stolen in the 20th Century

Between 1910 and 1997, black farmers lost about 90% of the land they owned.

by Steve Hochstadt via HNN on July 30, 2019

Gump Talk

25 years later, what does Gump mean?

via Contingent on July 1, 2019

How Right-Wing Talking Points Distort the History of Slavery

As we debate reparations, we need to get the facts right.

by Tyler D. Parry via Made By History on June 25, 2019

Balancing the Ledger on Juneteenth

The reparations debate highlights what Juneteenth is about: freedom and demanding accountability for past and present wrongs.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on June 19, 2019

Why The Racial Wealth Gap Persists, More Than 150 Years After Emancipation

When one system of economic oppression collapsed, new ones were created to fill the void.

by Calvin Schermerhorn via Made By History on June 19, 2019

Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters.

Race in Black and White

Slavery and the Civil War were central to the development of photography as both a technology and an art.

by Alexis L. Boylan via Boston Review on June 3, 2019

The Push to Remove Any Mention of Slavery From Vermont’s Constitution

The state prides itself on its abolitionist history. But its identity has been shaken by recent racist incidents.

by Parker Richards via The Atlantic on June 1, 2019

The Real Story of Black Martha’s Vineyard

Oak Bluffs is a complex community that elite families, working-class locals and social-climbing summerers all claim as their own.

by Genelle Levy via Narratively on May 30, 2019

The Language of the Unheard

A new book rescues the Poor People’s Campaign from its reputation as a desperate last cry of the civil rights movement.

by Robert Greene II via The Nation on May 20, 2019

Beyond Romantic Advertisements: Ancestry.com, Genealogy, and White Supremacy

On Ancestry's dangerous move to make it harder to discern which white families owned slaves.

by Adam H. Domby via Black Perspectives on May 10, 2019

The Author of a New Book About Andrew Johnson on the Right Reasons to Impeach a President

Johnson’s impeachment was driven by his refusal to rid the country of the lingering effects of slavery.

by Brenda Wineapple, Isaac Chotiner via The New Yorker on May 8, 2019

brought to you by

© Bunk History