Black Portuguese Plan A Memorial To Honor Enslaved Ancestors
Two planned sites in Lisbon — a slavery memorial and an explorers museum — underscore a clash in Portugal's approaches to its colonial history.
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'Frederick Douglass' Is An Extended Meditation On The Legend's Self-Invention
David W. Blight's opus manages to be both a celebration of a remarkable life and a sober reminder of the many ways in which our terrible times are shaped by those Douglass lived through.
Opinion: What Zora Neale Hurston's Best-Seller Taught This African About Slavery
The author grew up in Ghana and had certain impressions of what happened during the slave era. And then he read Barracoon.
An English City Grapples With The Slave-Trading Past Of Its Most Celebrated Figure
He's known as "one of the most virtuous and wise sons" of Bristol, but the philanthropist Edward Colston made his fortune as a 17th century slave trader. Many want his name erased from city landmarks.
Migrants Captured In Libya Say They End Up Sold As Slaves
Men detained en route to Europe in Libya tell NPR that guards held them for ransom and sold them off to other detention centers and ultimately into forced labor.
John Kelly Claims Civil War Caused By Lack Of Compromise. History Shows Otherwise
The White House chief of staff made the remark during an interview on Fox News. Observers were quick to point out that decades of "compromise" on slavery preceded, and did not prevent, the Civil War.
Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves
A new house tour bypasses Charleston's antebellum mansions and takes visitors directly to the quarters where enslaved people lived and worked.
A Black Food Historian Explores His Bittersweet Connection To Robert E. Lee
Michael Twitty's enslaved ancestors witnessed the Confederate general's surrender, the significance of which weaves through his new memoir as he seeks 'culinary justice' for African Americans.
Following The Trail To A Living Monument: Underground Railroad Tree
Guilford College faculty, staff, and students will come together in Greensboro this afternoon for a Unity March in response to the events in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Explaining, Again, The Nazis' True Evil
NPR's Scott Simon tackles the painful legacy of the Nazi party and the enduring symbols of hatred used throughout history's atrocities against humanity, recently on display in Charlottesville.