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Slavery, Family Separation, and the Ransom Case of John Weems

During the nineteenth century, several state laws prohibited, or restricted the ability of African Americans to testify against white people.

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by historian Paige

As part of the research for his book Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II

When Doug Jones defeated Roy Moore for the Senate seat previously occupied by Attorney General and career racist Jeff Sessions

Stuart Hall’s posthumous memoir, Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands, is the most recent entry in his eponymous book