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Mothers & Motherlands: The Forgotten Legacy of Slavery in the United States
I once had a friend who loved the ocean. He would sink his feet into the scorching sand and let gravity pull him toward the ground. He...
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Dec 9, 20225 min read


The Case for an African American Repatriation Act
On October 11, 2022, The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum returned its long-contested Benin Bronze Heads to Nigeria. The RISD...
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Dec 8, 20226 min read


A Museum for Everybody: An Interview with Dr. Porchia Moore
Dr. Porchia Moore is Department Head and Assistant Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Florida in the School of Art + Art...
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Apr 4, 202112 min read


BPR Interviews: Phil Magness on the 1619 Project
Nick: I remember first reading about a controversy surrounding the New History of Capitalism scholarship when Dr. Edward Baptist’s book,...
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Oct 29, 201914 min read


Written by the Winners: U.S. High School History Curricula and Declining Civic Life
In the fall of 2014, hundreds of high school students in Jefferson County, Colorado, walked out of class to protest their newly elected...
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Apr 11, 20176 min read


Slavery and Justice at Brown University
Video by Zack Goldstein, Julie Pham, and Chris Wong Ten years after the publication of the Slavery and Justice report, which detailed...
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Mar 5, 20171 min read


To Live and Die In Dixie: History and Reality In the Deep South
The flag of South Carolina is a white palm tree against a blue background, meant to represent liberty, heroics and independence emulated...
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Mar 20, 20155 min read


Modern Slavery: Unseen, Unheard, and Unspoken
Slavery ended with the American Civil War, back when the African slaves of the American south picked cotton and tobacco, right? Now all...
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Nov 18, 20133 min read


Negro President and the “Three-Fifths Fail”
I’ll start with the low-down: there’s a good chance many in the political arena don’t fully understand the Three-Fifths Clause. And when...
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Mar 13, 20134 min read
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