Available in print and for free online, this book features five essays by scholars of law and politics, all considering the ...

Mississippi's own documents from 1861 show the state seceded from the Union to protect slavery, not states' rights. Where did ...

Linford Fisher’s work on the project started with considering New England’s connection to the Atlantic slave trade.

Explore the past to better understand the present ...

Pope Leo XIV has traveled to pray at a popular Catholic shrine in Angola that was an epicenter of the African slave trade.

I invite you to turn back the clock to a pivotal moment in American history. The year is 1801. Thomas Jefferson has just ...

There's a certain version of history most of us were taught in school — the kind that feels neatly packaged, slightly ...

This is the second of a four-part series that is being published in consecutive weekend editions of the Finger Lakes Times.

A fireworks display near the Washington Monument during an America250 kickoff celebration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 1, 2026. Over the past year, it has become increasingly clear that federal ...

Mississippi’s warts-and-all approach to reflecting its history as part of the state’s official commemoration of the nation’s ...

Fancy girls were valued up to $200,000 in today's money, a status symbol for enslavers. Enslavers raped and trafficked these girls, viewing them as 'whiteness made salable by Blackness'. Enslaver's ...

U.S. Veto of U.N. Slavery Resolution Ignores Truth, Justice, and Lasting Harm In a moment that should have united the world ...