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

July 20, 2024

By: The Conversation

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

June 20, 2024

By: The Conversation

US laws created during slavery are still on the books

June 19, 2024

By: The Conversation

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

January 19, 2024

By: The Conversation

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

January 8, 2024

By: The Conversation

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

August 20, 2023

By: The Conversation

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

August 11, 2023

By: The Conversation

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

August 6, 2023

By: The Conversation

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

July 17, 2023

By: The Conversation

‘Idiots,’ ‘criminals’ and ‘scum’ – nasty politics highest in US since the Civil War

July 16, 2023

By: The Conversation