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2 weeks ago

Berlin to change racist street name after legal battle DW 07/15/2025

Renaming racist street names is insufficient for true decolonization.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
165 years ago

Lear Green

"Lear Green's daring escape exemplifies the resolve of enslaved individuals yearning for freedom, paralleling historical figures like Henry Box Brown through their innovative and risky methods of self-liberation."
History
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
3 months ago

Fear of Insurrection

Jacobs provides a poignant description of the widespread fear experienced by the White community post-Turner’s Rebellion, illustrating how this terror manifested in violent reprisals against Black individuals.
History
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

On Harriet Tubman Day, a new effort to place the abolitionist on the $20 bill launches

Congress is revisiting a measure to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, reflecting historical values.
Social justice
fromABA Journal
5 months ago

March 1, 1828: Sojourner Truth goes to court

Isabella Baumfree, later known as Sojourner Truth, became the first Black woman to win a court case against a white individual in New York.
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