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What We’ve Gotten Wrong About the History of Reconstruction
The erasure of Black leaders from the most misunderstood period in American history.
by
Robert Greene II
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Tyler D. Parry
via
Made By History
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January 23, 2022
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Conservatives Are Once Again Trying to Erase Black History
The battles over Critical Race Theory and Southern heritage are really about a narrow, exclusionary reading of our past.
by
Tyler D. Parry
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Made By History
on
July 14, 2021
Broomstick Weddings and the History of the Atlantic World
From Kentucky to Wales and all across the Atlantic, the enslaved and downtrodden got married – by leaping over a broom. Why?
by
Tyler D. Parry
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Aeon
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December 14, 2020
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What PTSD Tells Us About the History of Slavery
June, PTSD Awareness month, is a time to recognize how trauma has shaped our history.
by
Tyler D. Parry
via
Made By History
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June 28, 2020
Slave Hounds and Abolition in the Americas
How dogs permeated slave societies and bolstered European ambitions for colonial expansion and social domination.
by
Tyler D. Parry
,
Charlton W. Yingling
via
Past & Present
on
February 4, 2020
A Meditation on Natural Light and the Use of Fire in United States Slavery
Responding to “Race and the Paradoxes of the Night,” by Celeste Henery.
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Tyler D. Parry
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Black Perspectives
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January 13, 2020
The Curious History of Anthony Johnson: From Captive African to Right-Wing Talking Point
Certain pundits are misrepresenting the biography of the "first black slaveholder."
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Tyler D. Parry
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Black Perspectives
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July 22, 2019
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How Right-Wing Talking Points Distort the History of Slavery
As we debate reparations, we need to get the facts right.
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Tyler D. Parry
via
Made By History
on
June 25, 2019
The Role of Water in African American History
Have historians privileged land-based models and ignored how African Americans participated in aquatic activities?
by
Tyler D. Parry
via
Black Perspectives
on
May 4, 2018
Enslaved People and Divorce in the African Diaspora
Restoring agency to enslaved people means acknowledging not only that they created marriages, but that they ended them, too.
by
Tyler D. Parry
via
Black Perspectives
on
March 31, 2018
Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence
Police brutality has been a hot topic in contemporary society, but when did this all really start and where did dogs get involved?
by
Tyler D. Parry
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Black Perspectives
on
July 31, 2017
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