by lindaoppenheim | May 20, 2015 | Article
American wealth was built on the backs of enslaved people, and later policies ensured economic growth for the white, not the black community, as described in this article by Jeff Neumann and Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn in Yes! Magazine.
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 17, 2015 | Events
Eminent scholar, Eric Foner, will be talking about his book about the Underground Railroad, Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, on Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 at 6PM at Labyrinth Books Princeton.
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 2, 2015 | Events
The Long Aftermath of Slavery: From Emancipation to Reparations in the United States and the Caribbean. The two-day meeting will bring together a group of scholars exploring comparisons and connections between the post-emancipation history of the United States and the...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 30, 2014 | Article, Opinion
Written by the physicist in 1946, his insights and remedies still hold true today. “What, however, can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by word and deed, and must watch lest his children...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 4, 2014 | Opinion
On July 4, a likely topic for thought is the Frederick Douglass speech on what July 4 meant to the American slave. An oped column in the Wall Street Journal warns against excerpting the more ‘combustible’ parts of the speech.