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The Quintessential American Hymn of Redemption Was Written by a Slave Trader

The Quintessential American Hymn of Redemption Was Written by a Slave Trader

Jess Row on the Uncomfortable Contradictions of "Amazing Grace"

By Jess Row | July 23, 2019

The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

Philip Dray on Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s New Book and the “Glorious Failure” of Reconstruction

By Philip Dray | April 8, 2019

James Baldwin: 'I Can't Accept Western Values Because They Don't Accept Me'

James Baldwin: 'I Can't Accept Western Values Because They Don't Accept Me'

In a 1964 Interview with Robert Penn Warren

By Robert Penn Warren | April 4, 2019

Science: The 'Colorblind' Approach to Racism Doesn't Work

Science: The 'Colorblind' Approach to Racism Doesn't Work

You Can't Make Your Kids Nonracist by Pretending Race Doesn't Exist

By Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD | April 2, 2019

The Black Women Who Wrote America's Earliest Autofiction

The Black Women Who Wrote America's Earliest Autofiction

On Following a Radical Lineage Back to the Slave Narrative

By Maryam Kazeem | February 25, 2019

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

The Best Path to Freedom? First, Take a Breather.

By A.A. Long | November 16, 2018

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Never Again: Why We Must Vote

By Precious Rasheeda Muhammad | November 1, 2018

Private Prisons">The Straight Line From Slavery to
Private Prisons

By Shane Bauer | September 19, 2018

The Sound of Black Voices, The Sound of My Father

By Harmony Holiday | June 15, 2018

Abraham Lincoln: Breaking Down the Myth of a Perfect President

Abraham Lincoln: Breaking Down the Myth of a Perfect President

Fred Kaplan on the Antislavery Moralist Who Distrusted Abolitionism

By Fred Kaplan | June 11, 2018

When Fiction Pulls Back the Curtain on American Conservatism

When Fiction Pulls Back the Curtain on American Conservatism

Two Novels That Interrogate the Principle of the Few Over the Many

By Colette Shade | April 24, 2018

T.J. Stiles: How Do We Explain This National Tragedy? This Trump?

T.J. Stiles: How Do We Explain This National Tragedy? This Trump?

On 400 Years of Tribalism, Genocide, Expulsion, and Imprisonment

By T.J. Stiles | January 31, 2018

In California, Visions of Defiance and Grace

In California, Visions of Defiance and Grace

Finding Political Inspiration in the Unlikeliest of Places: The Opera

By Veronica Esposito | January 22, 2018

Heart of Darkness Revealed the Horror of Congo's Rubber Trade">How <emHeart of Darkness Revealed the Horror of Congo's Rubber Trade">

Heart of Darkness Revealed the Horror of Congo's Rubber Trade">How Heart of Darkness Revealed the Horror of Congo's Rubber Trade

Conrad's Novel Led to Investigation (and Legislation) of Human Rights Abuses

By Maya Jasanoff | December 7, 2017

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

"We Owe it to Them, and Ourselves, to Bear Close Witness"

By Tiya Miles | October 27, 2017

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

Defecting to the British">How 30,000 Enslaved People Gained Freedom by
Defecting to the British

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | October 24, 2017

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