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Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery

A statue of Jefferson Davis, second from left, is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. A slaveholder, Davis represented Mississippi...

The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery

In this drawing from ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ a Black child is taken from his mother by a White man. Culture Club/Getty Images by Susanna Ashton,...

Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to...

Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in ‘East Woods’ on East 24th St. in Austin, Texas. Austin History Center by Kris Manjapra, Tufts University The...

US laws created during slavery are still on the books

Laws enacted during the U.S. slavery era are still being used by lawyers and judges in today’s courtrooms. Getty Images A legal scholar wants to...

Trump defends himself to the Supreme Court, saying he called ‘for peace, patriotism, respect for law and order’ on Jan. 6 and is not...

by Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University Filing late in the day to meet the Jan. 18, 2024, deadline, former President Donald Trump submitted a brief to...

US Supreme Court decision on Trump-Colorado ballot case ‘monumental’ for democracy itself, not just 2024 presidential election

by Derek T. Muller, University of Notre Dame Momentous questions for the U.S. Supreme Court and momentous consequences for the country are likely now that...

Georgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump’s actions have already disqualified him from the presidency

by Joseph Ferguson, Loyola University Chicago and Thomas A. Durkin, Loyola University Chicago After three indictments of former President Donald Trump, the fourth one in...

When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down

by Alexander N. Taylor, George Mason University Confederate monuments burst into public consciousness in 2015 when a shooting at a historically Black church in Charleston,...

A brief history of the Ku Klux Klan Acts: 1870s laws to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, now being used against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on an indictment against former U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images by Joseph Patrick Kelly,...

International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., pays new respect to the enslaved Africans who landed on its docks

One of the exhibits of notable Black people on display at International African American Museum. courtesy of v2com/International African American Museum by Bernard Powers, College of...

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