Posts Tagged ‘Slavery’
Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Black Lives Matter but slavery isn’t our only narrative
Our historical understanding of Blackness is most commonly shaped by the story of the Atlantic slave trade, in particular to the Americas. But this is a linear narrative that is dominated by American voices. It’s not just potentially exclusory; it doesn’t adequately take into account the diversity of black people worldwide. Aretha Phiri asks Michelle M. Wright about her work in disrupting the slavery narrative.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Black Lives Matter protest in Oxford to demand reparations
Crowds of activists from Black Lives Matter will gather in the heart of Oxford to call for reparations to be made to African nations and descendants of slaves.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – California moves to consider reparations for slavery
California lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles again with civil rights and unrest.
Read MoreEnslaved Peoples in African Societies Before the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slavery in Africa originated as the rewards of war and a punishment for criminals. People were not commonly born into slavery. Unlike in the Americas, Slavery was not automatically passed from parents to children. People enslaved in African societies often gained freedom before the end of their lives. At times they even became equal family members with those who once enslaved them.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – US economist proposes $12 trillion in slavery reparations
Professor Darity and Ms. Mullen outline that to eliminate the existing Black-White wealth gap an allocation of between $10 trillion and $12 trillion, or about $800,000 per black household, should be paid.
Read MoreWisconsin still has Confederate monuments and symbols despite its history as a progressive state. Here’s what they are.
Despite Wisconsin’s allegiance to the Union during the Civil War, its loyalties to the Union and the end of slavery were not as clear-cut as Wisconsinites might like to think.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Protests push amendment to remove ‘slavery’ from Utah’s constitution
The recent protests against racial inequality could push legislation on policing to passage on Utah’s Capitol Hill, as well as a proposed amendment that officially repeals “slavery” from the state constitution.
Read MoreThe Real Uncle Tom, Josiah Henson, is a Black Hero
Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom’s Cabin was based on a real person, Josiah Henson. The “Uncle Tom” in Beecher Stowe’s novel is a pale imitation of Josiah Henson who went on to free his family and help 118 others to freedom.
Read MoreMoving Monuments and Considering Community
A Kehinde Wiley statue, Rumors of War, takes its place one mile from the Avenue of Monuments. This monument of a young Black man responds to the many statues of confederate white men usually seen lining the streets of Richmond, Virginia.
Read More‘The Slaves Dread New Year’s Day the Worst’: The Grim History of January 1
Before the Civil War, the new year was not one of celebration but of horror and dread. It was a time of possible separation and heartbreak; a time for family members to be sold to the highest bidder.
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