“The times requires this testimony”: William Still’s The Underground Railroad
William Still, the leader of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) Vigilance Committee, kept meticulous records on the hundreds of women
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Memory
Black Americans and Wedding Rituals: An Interview with Tyler D. Parry
This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” In today’s post,
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Queen Elizabeth, Colonization, and Global Perceptions
The news of the passion of Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, on September 8th sparked mixed feelings in
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Toward the Preservation of Black Joy in Public Memory
Representations of Black experiences remain frustratingly narrow in public commemoration efforts across the U.S. For many decades, and especially in
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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Message to Contemporary America
This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s
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