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A Forgotten Black Founding Father
Why I’ve made it my mission to teach others about Prince Hall.
by
Danielle Allen
via
The Atlantic
on
February 10, 2021
The Flawed Genius of the Constitution
The document counted my great-great-grandfather as 3/5 of a free person. But the Framers don’t own the version we live by today. We do.
by
Danielle Allen
via
The Atlantic
on
September 17, 2020
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An American Conception of Justice
Historians have demonstrated how central racism has been to the formation of the U.S. But many of those same ideas have also been vital to combating white supremacy.
by
Michael Kazin
via
Dissent
on
August 30, 2021
How the 1619 Project Took Over 2020
It’s a hashtag, a talking point, a Trump rally riff. The inside story of a New York Times project that launched a year-long culture war.
by
Sarah Ellison
via
Washington Post
on
October 13, 2020