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Read, Watch, Learn about Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism, Week of June 25, 2020
158 Resources to Understand Racism in America by Meilan Solly. These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States. Large DNA Study Traces Violent History of American Slavery…
Read MoreYou Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument
“The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from. Who dares to tell me to celebrate them?” So writes Caroline Randall Williams. To read her complete essay, click here.
Read MoreCharlottesville, VA Liberation and Freedom Day, March 3
For the first time since World War II, Charlottesville won’t honor Thomas Jefferson’s birthday this spring. Instead, on Tuesday, the city will celebrate the demise of slavery with a new holiday, Liberation and Freedom Day, commemorating the arrival of Union…
Read MoreTouring the Deep South, Where the Confederacy Is Set in Stone
Journalists John Eligon and Trymaine Lee recently toured Southern states to take a measure of attitudes toward preserving the history of the Confederacy and slavery. Among those interviewed were descendants of enslavers, including Jefferson Davis, and enslaved. Opinions expressed include:…
Read MoreThe unsung founders deserve better
How to recognize how deeply white supremacy is ingrained in ourselves and our institutions and how difficult it is to create a suitable commemoration of those who suffered the greatest impact is evident in this reflection about a memorial on…
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