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Traces of the Trade: The North’s Complicity in Slavery
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The Long Afterlife of a Lynching
The morning sun paints the Washington Monument red as it skims the top of the National Museum of African American History and Culture - NMAAHC in Washington, DC. The new museum opened to the public September 24, 2016. When viewed from particular angles, the two structures fit together like puzzle pieces. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
After 100 Years Of Challenges, The 1st Nat’l Black History Museum Is Here
Illustration for YES! Magazine by Jennifer Luxton.
Peering Through White-Rimmed Glasses: A Letter to My Fellow White Americans
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Georgia Police Chief, Other White Leaders Apologize for 1940 Lynching
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How Does a City Choose to Remember its Past?
June Jordan posing for the cover of her book, Moving Towards Home. 1989. Gwen Philips.
The Double Struggles of June Jordan, Poet and Social Activist
The lynching crowd poses as Brown's body burns. No one served time for their participation in the riot or lynching. Brown was buried in a pauper's grave. His death was recorded in a log with just his name and the word "Lynched."
A Short Video History of the Long History of Terror Lynchings
A man stands in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 4, 2016 in Timbuktu, central Mali. Mali's fabled city of Timbuktu on February 4 celebrated the recovery of its historic mausoleums, destroyed during an Islamist takeover of northern Mali in 2012 and rebuilt thanks to UN cultural agency UNESCO. TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC / AFP / SÉBASTIEN RIEUSSEC
African Peoples Before Captivity
Shackles from Slave Ship Henrietta Marie
Kidnapped: The Middle Passage
Enslaved family picking cotton
Nearly Three Centuries Of Enslavement

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