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How the Constitution Established a New Slavery

How the Constitution Established a New Slavery

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionAugust 1, 201613th amendment, black history, Convict Leasing, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, slavery, U-S- Constitution

What Difference Does it Make?

What Difference Does it Make?

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionJuly 25, 2016Benghazi, black history, Hillary Clinton, racial disparity

Guilt and Shame: The Twins of White Privilege

Race RelationsUnpaid Labor ContributionJuly 14, 2016black history, Black People, Race relations, slavery, Unpaid Labor, White People

A Prince By Any Other Name (1774-1829)

A Prince By Any Other Name (1774-1829)

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionJuly 10, 2016black history, Cotton, economics, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, Mississippi, Prince

History That Heals

History That Heals

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionJuly 8, 2016black history, Harry L- Watson, James Brewer Stewart, Peter Wood, Scott Hancock, Van E- Gosse

Whiskey, Food, and Unpaid Labor

Whiskey, Food, and Unpaid Labor

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionJuly 6, 2016black history, Culinary History, Jack Daniels, Michael Twitty, Nearis Green, PBS Newshour

Mississippi-America’s Richest State?

Mississippi-America’s Richest State?

Civil WarUnpaid Labor ContributionJuly 1, 2016black history, civil war, economics, Free State of Jones, Matthew McConaughey, Mississippi Millionaires, Newton Knight, politics

When Great Men Die

PoliticsUnpaid Labor ContributionJune 27, 2016black history, John Adams, politics, revolutionary war, The 4th of July, The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson

Helping to Heal Race Relations in America

Race RelationsUnpaid Labor ContributionJune 24, 2016Abraham Lincoln, black history, George Washington, Race relations in America, The Civil War, the Revolution

Juneteenth is Coming!

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionJune 16, 2016black history, civil war, Confederate States of America, Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln, President Barack Obama, The American Civil War

Roots, Snoop Dogg, and Unpaid Labor

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionJune 9, 201612 Years a Slave, black history, Roots, Snoop Dogg, The New York Times, Underground

The Two John Browns

Civil WarUnpaid Labor ContributionJune 1, 2016black history, Brown University, civil war, economics, John Brown of Harper’s Ferry, John Brown of Providence, politics, The American Civil War

Roots, Roots 2016, and Memorial Day

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionMay 27, 2016Abraham Lincoln, black history, civil war, George Washington, Memorial Day, Roots

The American Civil War---in 1790?

Civil WarUnpaid Labor ContributionMay 26, 2016black history, civil war, Hamilton, James Madison, politics, The American Civil War, The Compromise of 1790, Thomas Jefferson

Georgetown University, 272 Slaves Sold, and the Making of a Nation

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionMay 20, 2016Adam Roth, black history, Georgetown University, Rachell L- Swarns, Richard J- Cellini

Unpaid Labor, George Washington, and the Revolutionary War

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionMay 11, 2016black history, General George Washington, Peter Salem, revolutionary war, Salem Poor, Soldiers, the 1st Rhode Island

Trump, Clinton, Unpaid Labor, and West Virginia Politics

PoliticsUnpaid Labor ContributionMay 10, 2016Bernie Sanders, black history, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, politics, The American Civil War, voting

Yale University, John C. Calhoun, President Peter Salovey, and Slavery

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionMay 3, 2016black history, Calhoun College, Ebony & Ivy, John C- Calhoun, President Peter Salovey, Yale

Unpaid Labor honors Harriet Tubman

Black HistoryUnpaid Labor ContributionApril 26, 2016$20 bill, black history, Martha Washington, The Civil War, the economy, U-S- Presidents owned slaves

Why is My Tax Return Not Due on April 15?

EconomicsUnpaid Labor ContributionApril 18, 2016black history, economics