AUGUST 21
1831—The Nat Turner slave rebellion begins in Southampton, Va. It was the best organized and most deadly slave revolt in American history....
GARRETT A. MORGAN
FEBRUARY 28
1708—One of the first recorded slave revolts in American history takes place on Newton, Long Island (New York). Seven Whites...
by Joseph Patrick Kelly, College of Charleston
For better and worse, the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, has come to represent the overlooked cultural...
by Rob Wells, University of Maryland
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.
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Lynching and the...
O.J. SIMPSON
September 27
1817—Hiram R. Revels is born free in Fayetteville, N.C. Revels becomes the first Black to serve in the United States Senate...
President Barack Obama presents NBA champion and human rights advocate Bill Russell the Medal of Freedom on Feb. 15, 2011.
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by Howard Manly,...
by Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Sam Houston State University
As a historian and director of the Lynching in Texas project, which has documented more than 600...
by Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee and Joshua F.J. Inwood, Penn State
How can maps fight racism and inequality?
The work of the Black Panther...
by Anthony Siracusa, University of Colorado Boulder
With Congress failing to pass new voting rights legislation, it’s worth remembering that throughout U.S. history, new civil...
