Few crimes raise the ire in African-Americans more than the outlawed practice of lynching. Used primarily as a tool of justice and to incite fear…
For the millionth time, racist old people in positions of power: If you don’t want your bigotry to be made in to big headlines all…
The topic of slavery has become quite the buzz of late, considering the releases of high-profile Hollywood dramas such as “Django Unchained” and “12 Years…
One of 2013’s most anticipated films, “12 Years A Slave,” possesses a buzz that is undeniable. While moviegoers and critics alike await the Oct. 18…
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was a long and contested legal battle between Union President Abraham Lincoln (pictured with pen) and the…
Mississippi already has a reputation of a state stuck in the past, and this certainly doesn’t help with that stereotype. After 148 years, the state of Mississippi has finally ratified the 13th Amendment, which ended and officially bans slavery. Dr. Ranjan Batra, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical […]
A letter from a former slave, Jourdan Anderson to the man who owned him, Colonel P.H. Anderson has drawn a lot of attention. It was posted on several sites and even became the top story at Yahoo News. In the letter Jourdan Anderson offers a smart retort to P.H. Anderson’s request that he come back […]
The National Museum of African American History and Culture, in conjunction with the National Museum of American History, unveiled a new exhibit on Friday that features one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. The exhibit, “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,” turns a focus on the contradictory stances of Thomas Jefferson and his slave ownership. […]
ATLANTA-Students at Camp Creek Elementary School in Lilburn, Georgia claim that a teacher organized a tag like slave and slave catcher game. While school officials admit that students did play a slavery-based game at recess, they deny that a teacher organized the activity. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Ericka Lasley told Channel 2 that her 8-year-old […]
ATLANTA-Third grade students in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework with references to slavery and beatings, and a spokesman claims that the questions were made to incorporate social studies into the math curriculum. One math problem was: “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave […]
CHICAGO — Time had taken its toll on the nearly 147-year-old document, its surface creased and buckled, its inscriptions faded and an edge yellowed by old adhesive. SEE ALSO: Worst Kardashian Lawsuits Legless Father Pursue’s Son’s Killer But the rare copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery, signed by President Lincoln and lawmakers who […]
While comparisons between the U.S. prison system and American slavery have long been made, the relationship is even more stark when you examine the numbers. According to U.S. Bureau of Justice estimates, as of 2008 more than 846,000 black men were in U.S. prisons, constituting 40.2 percent of all inmates in the system. Michelle Alexander, a […]
