Slavery Abolition

Alan Singer is the author of New York's Grand Emancipation Jubilee: Essays on Slavery, Resistance, Abolition, Teaching, and Historical Memory(Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2018). In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, “Stonewall and the Myth of Self-Deliverance …

A rare artifact of the Civil War that was carried into battle by an African American regiment has been purchased at a historic price by the Atlanta History Center. A regimental flag of the 127th United States Colored Troops that was acquired by the center is…

Birmingham: Experts estimate more than 670,000 people in the state live in areas currently affected by drought, and conditions are getting worse. The latest assessment last week from the U.S. Drought Monitor program says more than one-third of the state is ei…

The idea that America is a Christian nation is both true and false. It’s true that the history of America has been shaped by many Christians. At the same time, there are numerous examples of Americans acting against Christian principles, even as they used th…

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Gautam Buddha, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi with respect to efforts made to bring about a change in the society and nation. Blogging af…

Did you hear what the disgusting, reprehensible, thieving hack who currently serves as Senate Majority Leader said the other day about reparations for slavery? The House Judiciary Committee was getting ready to hold hearings for the first time in the history …

Did you hear what the disgusting, reprehensible, thieving hack who currently serves as Senate Majority Leader said the other day about reparations for slavery? The House Judiciary Committee was getting ready to hold hearings for the first time in the history …

On the heels of Wednesdays historic hearing on reparations, we speak with renowned writer Ta-Nehisi Coates on the lasting legacy of American slavery, how the national dialogue about reparations has progressed in the past five years and his testimony in favor …

Sen. Cory Booker at a Senate Judiciary hearing, March 2018(Joshua Roberts/Reuters) They speak as if slavery ended last week, and colored-only water fountains still trickle just outside white-only waiting rooms.Democrats gathered on Capitol Hill on Wednesday …

To commemorate Juneteenth, Pennsylvania Board of Pardons Secretary Brandon Flood is coming to Lancaster on Saturday to discuss what racial justice advocates consider another modern day form of slavery -- mass incarceration. Juneteenth is the official announc…