Kendrah Foster had already planned a Mardi Gras-inspired “staycation” with her three children in July when she heard about a week-long virtual cooking class for Pittsburgh families that featured gumbo ...
In recent political debates over how to teach U.S. history, the subject of slavery has loomed large. Long-documented omissions and misrepresentations in lessons have left students with incomplete ...
Facial reconstructions of enslaved African Americans who worked at Catoctin Furnace in the late 1700s or early 1800s at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. (Katherine Frey/The ...
Reconstruction is often overlooked. A Smithsonian Black history exhibit says it's an ongoing process
The United States emerged from the Civil War in 1865 with an opportunity. Four million African Americans were promised citizenship and freedom, and the nation had the chance to rebuild after nearly ...
“Furthermore, the lack of guidance from Vermont about Reconstruction and Black history in general makes individual teachers vulnerable to complaints from outside the schools.” Facilitators from the ...
The Civil War dominates a lot of people’s conceptions of South Carolina history. But a new tour in Columbia highlights what happened after: the Reconstruction era and the unprecedented advances it ...
One of South Carolina’s most important historical figures is little remembered today. But this man — Henry E. Hayne — and his forgotten history shine a spotlight on the racism and racial inequality ...
The first body of lawmakers to meet at the state house in Columbia, South Carolina, had a Black majority. From 1868 to 1874, South Carolina had a majority Black legislature, the only state to do so to ...
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