As the cotton harvest approaches, its success hinges on Bajans’ willingness to unify their economic potential and the historical weight of slavery—and the trauma they carry. The Bajan government, in ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — School officials are investigating allegations that a white teacher told his class of mostly Black students to pick seeds out of cotton and put on handcuffs during lessons on slavery ...
Tom Cotton describes slavery as a 'necessary evil' in bid to keep schools from teaching 1619 Project
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas described slavery as a "necessary evil" in his ongoing effort to prevent US schools from teaching the 1619 Project, an initiative from The New York Times that ...
As Labor Day approaches, we should reflect not just on the holiday’s own important history, but also on the much longer fight ...
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton is facing a backlash over comments he made about the Civil War following Nikki Haley's controversy over the same issue. Haley, a Republican primary candidate, sparked ...
Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the Vote, ...
Late-night hosts Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers roasted Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) for calling slavery a “necessary evil” and for objecting to teaching the 1619 Project in schools, in what Noah called the ...
"Short sections of chapters 2 and 3 appeared previously in Stephen F. Austin's views on slavery in early Texas, in This corner of Canaan : essays on Texas in honor of Randolph B. Campbell, edited by ...
Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins By Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest, Jillian Sykes and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Nov 7 ...
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