A Case for Reparations at the University of Chicago
Julia Leakes yearned to be reunited with her family. In 1853, her two sisters showed up for sale along with
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Translation for the Purposes of Indictment: Baron de Vastey in Colonial Jamaica
In February 1817, a man named Thomas Strafford returned to Kingston from the Kingdom of Hayti. Shortly afterward he would
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How Public Artists Are Exploring the History of Segregation in Baltimore
How should America publicly acknowledge its history of legal segregation? For many people, the intricate system that required whites and blacks
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The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown
In today’s post, Ashleigh Gordon, a world-renowned, award-winning violist and New England Conservatory alumna (Castle of Our Skins, Callithumpian Consort,
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The Soul Food Scholar: An Interview with Adrian E. Miller
This month I interviewed Adrian E. Miller about his work on soul food, culinary history, and the African American cooks
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