
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 2. Nana Harriet Tubman possessed not only a hearing heart developed and defined by rightful attentiveness, empathetic understanding and appropriate action as requested and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 2. Nana Harriet Tubman possessed not only a hearing heart developed and defined by rightful attentiveness, empathetic understanding and appropriate action as requested and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. This is in homage to Nana Harriet Tubman: African woman, Black and beautiful woman; fierce and fearless freedom fighter; womanist warrior for all…
We rightly celebrate Abraham Lincoln for helping end slavery. But we shouldn’t forget the unstoppable force that also brought down the Slave Power: the several million slaves who left the…
Revisiting When Affirmative Action Was White, nearly two decades on. By Ira Katznelson, Boston Review — First published in 2005, my book When Affirmative Action Was White answered a question Lyndon Johnson posed…
By Ben Jealous — Governor Ron DeSantis continues to try to elevate his Presidential chances while doubling down on banning Black history. Meanwhile, the rest of us would be better…
By Bashir Muhammad Ptah Akinyele — I am outraged that the college board capitulated to the likes of Governor Ron DeSantis. Let’s be clear! Governor DeSantis’ effort to suppress aspects…
By Cassandra Berman — In the fall of 2014, Georgetown University’s student newspaper, the Hoya, ran an article by undergraduate columnist Matthew Quallen titled “Georgetown, Financed by Slave Trading.” Published the…
In ‘Teaching White Supremacy,’ Harvard researcher Donald Yacovone analyzed 220 history textbooks By Olivia B. Waxman, Time — At a time when there’s a national debate over critical race theory and how much…
Labor Day is a time to observe and celebrate the contributions of workers. But it’s important to bring focus to the original architects of the American economy: Black people. By…
Williams, who lost possibly her last match on Friday night, made herself felt beyond the game as arguably no player ever has. By Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker — It…
The descendants are the progeny of 272 enslaved men, women and children sold in 1838 by the Jesuit owners of Georgetown University. By Deepa Bharath, AP — Last year, the…
Covering up slavery in the birth of the US. Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a…