Introduction of Group - Slavery in the United States
Increasingly I'm seeing Slavery in the US discussed more and more. In order to combat the memes that serve to ignore and obfuscate the true nature of the horror and brutality of slavery, I've started...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part One
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Two
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleThose Good Old Days of Christian Slavery
Michele Bachmann's website used to include a recommended reading list. As Ryan Lizza writes in his excellent piece in the New Yorker: The third book on the list, which appeared just before the...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Three
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Five
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Six
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Seven
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Eight
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleThe Invisble Asterisk: Reflections of What Might Have Been
Writer's Note: In honor of Black History Month, I am re-posting a piece I wrote for the online journal the Black Commentator in 2005. Some of the references are dated, but the main thrust of this...
View ArticleNew Year's Eve 1862: Waiting for Emancipation
As December of 1862 drew to a close, all eyes were on Washington, just as they are this year. After eighteen months of bloody fighting, pressure was building on President Lincoln to take action on...
View ArticleFamily or freedom
Every time we tell these inspiring stories, we also need to put them into context. Maybe X number of slaves escaped on the underground railroad. But how many times that number were killed trying to...
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A heritage of hatred, brutality, treason, terrorism & lies
Today, because of the actions of one young man, we look back at many generations of American History over the issues of race elations, Southern pride, slavery its aftermath and attempt to come to...
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The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832
H.M.S. Shannon Leading Her Prize the American Frigate Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour in 1813 Quick—what do you know about the War of 1812, other than the fact it was fought in 1812? Test your...
View ArticleEnslaved African ancestors and their Wall Street legacy
Last week I showed my anthropology students a documentary film, ”The United States of Hoodoo." It follows African-American author and performance artist Darius James on a journey of spiritual discovery...
View ArticleBlack codes and anti-black terrorism
Terrorists. Terrorism. Terror. The words are on everyone’s lips. There is fear being stoked, which is the whole point of terrorism. In an attempt to excuse the rejection of Syrian refugees because of...
View ArticleA happy slave narrative in 2016? Nuh-uh
I just read an article in the Atlanta Black Star by Zellie Imani about a new Scholastic book: A Birthday Cake for George Washington. (Amazon link) This is a children’s book about how happy the SLAVE...
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Scholastic Publishes Children's Book on Washington's "Happy" Slaves
From the Scholastic Description:A Birthday Cake for George Washington Everyone is buzzing about the president's birthday! Especially George Washington's servants, who scurry around the kitchen...
View ArticleWhy we need Black History Month more than ever
I will never forget my fifth grade schoolteacher in Brooklyn, New York, giving me an “F” on a report because I stated that Egypt was in Africa. Thankfully my parents went up to the school and visited...
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