Sean Wilentz is wrong about the Founders, slavery, and the Constitution
According to Sean Wilentz’s opinion piece in the September 16 New York Times, the Constitution of 1787 did not make
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The ‘Dixie Narrative’ and the Meaning of Slavery
*This is a guest post from Ibrahim Sundiata, emeritus professor of African/Afro-American Studies and History at Brandeis University. Sundiata is
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It has been a few weeks since my last post in this series so I wanted to start with a
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The Fourteenth Amendment is a living document, and Clarence Thomas is a terrible historian June 26 was a pretty good
Read moreRemoving the Confederate Flag, But Not Forgetting Its Legacy
Today is the birthday of noted civil rights activists Medgar Evers and Thurgood Marshall.
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