Nearly 3,000 books have been temporarily pulled off shelves in Rutherford County following a letter from TN Secretary of ...
When we think of slavery in America, we think of Africans stolen from their homeland. But Indians were enslaved as well, in what has become a hidden chapter in our history. In his long-awaited and ...
At Fort Campbell, books are being taken off school library shelves containing references to slavery; the Civil Rights Movement; and anything else related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. An ...
Richard Kreitner, a Wayne native, has written a new book, "Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery." He looks at the ways in which all groups, Jewish or otherwise, ...
President Abraham Lincoln, in his Emancipation Proclamation, declared, “…all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State… shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…” The ...
Justin Simard receives funding from Michigan State University, the Proteus Foundation Vital Projects Fund, and the Engagement Scholarship Consortium. As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day ...
A powerful & thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Mary Frances Berry Join us for a powerful and thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Mary Frances Berry, celebrated historian and author of ...