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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.

I first met Sterling Stuckey in Chicago fifty-five years ago. In the Spring of 1963, Sterling and a group of high school teachers and

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

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles from this year. We begin with this

In November 2017, 61-year-old Paulette Wilson decided to publicly share her story of being detained in the infamous Yarl’s Wood