The Long History of Child-Snatching
Most Americans are shocked by the increasingly frequent scenes of wailing mothers and babies being torn apart by government officers …
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Some Did Choose to Return to Slavery Because They Chose Family Over Everything
It is 1857 and Kanye, a carpenter, has finally saved up enough money to buy his freedom from Massa West. …
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Slavery’s anti-family politics
Make America great again for whom, exactly?
President Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again” has always been an assertion in need of an explanation.
Who Needs To Be Taught the Dignity of Work?
King had put his life on the line defending some of the most exploited laborers in the nation who literally did the dirty work of others. “Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity, and it has worth,” he stated.
Putting an Antebellum Myth to Rest
WAS slavery an idyllic world of stable families headed by married parents? The recent controversy over “The Marriage Vow,” a …
A Mother’s Letter to Lincoln
“I am a colored woman and my son was strong and able to fight for his country and the colored …
Worse Than Jeff Davis?
That “Twelve Years a Slave” won the Oscar for best picture is a stunning achievement in Hollywood cinematic history. Solomon …