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‘The Little Mermaid’s Setting Opens Up an Important, Complicated Conversation

By Rachel UlatowskiJun 6th
UK Prime Minster Refuses To Apologize for Slavery or Pay Reparations

By Brooke PollockApr 27th
The Troubling Implications of a ‘Faithful’ Yet Inclusive Harry Potter Adaptation

By Alyssa ShotwellApr 21st
New York Could Become the 5th State To Actually Ban Slavery

By Alyssa ShotwellFeb 20th
‘The Woman King’ Controversy, Explained

By Rachel UlatowskiFeb 19th
Slavery—Yes Slavery—Was on the Ballot in Five States in 2022

By D.R. MedlenNov 9th
Britain Was Not the First Country to Abolish Chattel Slavery No Matter How Many Times Royal Defenders Say It

By Alyssa ShotwellSep 20th
Federal Agents LARP Plantation Overseers at the Border as Biden Admin Appallingly Mistreats Refugees and Migrants

By Alyssa ShotwellSep 22nd
We. Us. Her. Him: Searching For a New Chapter in a Dire Part of History

By Trisha R. ThomasAug 31st
U.S. House of Representatives Votes To Remove Capitol’s Confederate Statues and It’s About Time

By Lyra HaleJun 30th
Conservatives Are Mad at Tim Kaine for Saying America Created Slavery. Which He Didn’t Say.

By Jessica MasonJun 16th
Ancestry.com’s Interracial Slavery Romance Ad Got the Backlash It Deserved

By Princess WeekesApr 19th
Beyoncé’s Vogue Interview Carries an Important Message About the History of Rape and Miscegenation in America

By Princess WeekesAug 6th
Museum in Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Will Finally Tell Sally Hemings’ Story

By Charline JaoJun 18th
#IfSlaveryWasAChoice Gives Black Community a Comedy Outlet to Deal With Kanye’s Ignorance

By Teresa JusinoMay 2nd
All the Presidents’ Slaves: Bondage Within the White House

By Princess WeekesFeb 19th
State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave

By Princess WeekesFeb 6th
The First Silence Breaker: Harriet Ann Jacobs

By Princess WeekesFeb 5th
Things We Saw Today: Things Are Not Looking Good for That Winchester Movie We Were so Excited About

By Vivian KaneFeb 2nd
The Case of Elizabeth Key Grinstead, the First Freed Black Woman, Shows the Origin of Racism in the U.S.

By Princess WeekesFeb 2nd