Slavery Abolition

There seems to be no shortage of significant moments that changed the American way of life. The American Revolution alone would seem obvious, along with the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. More recently, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War were all cultural touchstones and massive,…

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” actor Jeff Daniels asked if President Abraham Lincoln would have released an AI poop bomb video like President Donald Trump did. Daniels said, “I think the No Kings protest, aside from the 8 million plus people that actually brought attention to what’s going on, to the…

Measuring the Man explores Frederick Douglass’s writings on Abraham Lincoln, featuring rare documents with insights from scholars Jonathan W. White and Lucas E. Morel. On October 1, 2025, acclaimed scholars Lucas E. Morel and Jonathan W. White published Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln (Reedy Press),…

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Commentary Newsday Thursday 2 October 2025 - “THE AMERICAN Negro is a unique creation; he has no counterpart anywhere, and no predecessors. The Muslims react to this fact by referring to the Negro as 'the so-called American Negro' and substituting for the names inherited from slavery the letter 'X'” (James…

Jurisprudence This picture of Peter is obviously an “objective fact.” Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Bridgeman Images via Reuters Connect. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On March 27, 2025, in an executive order…

The Washington Post recently reported that exhibitions and signs about slavery are being removed from multiple national parks under orders from the Trump administration. Translation? If it makes white America look bad, it’s got to go.  ...Read More

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