
African Americans are returning to countries like Ghana more than 400 years after their ancestors left Africa as slaves. Many say they want either to reconnect to history, or resettle…
African Americans are returning to countries like Ghana more than 400 years after their ancestors left Africa as slaves. Many say they want either to reconnect to history, or resettle…
Daily Mail takes a look at the reparations debate, and finds out whether small-scale efforts in liberal enclaves could ever amount to a national effort to tackle racism’s legacy once…
Unraveling the characteristics of race today requires an understanding of history. By Jamelle Bouie, NYT — In my Jan. 29 newsletter, I wrote a little about the development of the…
It is impossible to quantify how much the slave trade impacted the reputation of African mathematics, but we are slowly regaining a better perspective. By Michael Brooks, Independent — In…
To legitimize slavery and its atrocities, western imperialism birthed racism, idea of superiority of whites over Black people. By Ahmet Gencturk, Monthly Review — Fourteen years after the bicentenary of…
By Rhoda E. Howard Hassmann— The 20th anniversary of the UN World Conference on Racism, held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001, will be celebrated this August. There was much discussion…
By Don Rojas — Independent MP William Wilberforce wrote the Slave Trade Act in 1807 which abolished the industry across the British Empire. It was enacted in 1833 The transatlantic…
By Sydney Trent— Daryle Williams was emotionally torn, pushing the decision right up against deadline. As a history professor at the University of Maryland, Williams had been researching the slave…
By Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights— “Recognizing the Past, Repairing the Present, Building the Future” Excellencies, Colleagues, friends, It is my honour to address this…