Daina Ramey Berry

The Federal Writers’ Project narratives provide an all-too-rare link to our past.

Daina Ramey Berry details the life of the outspoken activist Sojourner Truth and her legendary speaking tour.

Philadelphia and the dark history of collecting human remains.

Another chance to examine the terms we use and why they matter.

Slavery’s a sensitive subject, but so is the question of who gets to be an authority about language.

The relationship between enslaved women and the Revolutionary war.

For too long, we've ignored our real history. We must face where truth can take us.

Whose body was harvested to create a spectacular anatomical specimen, and did that person know they would be on display more than a century later?

A new proposal for reparations for slavery raises three critical questions: How much does America owe? Where will the money come from? And who gets paid?