Posts Tagged ‘Slavery’
From rentals to bathrooms: Airbnb listings aren’t the first offensive effort to commercialize slave cabins
While the number of slave dwellings in America continues to decrease, some have been insensitively rented out to vacationers for a profit.
Read MoreSlavery Fueled Our Climate Crisis. Here’s How Reparations Can Slow It Down.
Sage Howard argues that reparations toward former slaves can contribute toward battling the current climate crisis.
Read MoreFor many Black Kentuckians and Tennesseans, August 8 is a day to mark freedom
Some Black Americans recognize and celebrate August 8th as the date when enslaved Americans were finally granted their freedom.
Read MoreConservatives Are Big Mad They Have To Learn About Slavery At Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Mansion
Some people are up in arms that a tour of Thomas Jefferson’s home includes the property’s history of slavery, which mirrors American racism.
Read MoreClotilda descendants mark anniversary of last slave ship
162 years ago, the Clotilda was the last slave ship to land on American shores. Today, descendants of those slaves marked the anniversary.
Read MoreThe disturbing link between slavery and the overturning of Roe v. Wade
Stephanie Robinson argues that leaving freedoms in the hands of state governments harms the freedom upon which this country was built.
Read MoreColonizer Curriculum: Texas Educators Want To Characterize Slavery As ‘Involuntary Relocation’
Education officials in Texas who want to teach about slavery as “forced relocation” faced outcry after proposing the change in curriculum.
Read MoreCourt rules Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos
This case sets the precedent for the right of descendants of slaves to compensation for distress caused by using photos of their ancestors
Read More7 Books to Help Teach Kids About Juneteenth
Families who want to teach kids about the end of slavery and Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, can read one of these books together.
Read MoreHere’s what really happened on Juneteenth
The story that Union troops brought news of slavery’s end to unknowing slavers and slaves in Galveston is challenged, shining a new light on Juneteenth.
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