How abolitionists paved way for the 19th Amendment

100 years after the 19th Amendment's passage, an expert digs into how the intersection of gender and racial justice inspired the women's suffrage movement.

Melissa De Witte-Stanford • futurity
Aug. 14, 2020 ~11 min

What did ‘all men are created equal’ mean in 1776?

We tend to interpret "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence to mean individual equality. That's not right, says historian Jack Rakove.

Melissa De Witte-Stanford • futurity
July 2, 2020 ~11 min


More and more people may soon celebrate Juneteenth

"This misconception that the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery, I think, comes from a misunderstanding of the Civil War." Juneteenth clarifies things.

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
June 19, 2020 ~11 min

Juneteenth history highlights long fight for Black freedom

"Black people on Juneteenth knew that masters and mistresses would not give them their freedom. They knew that they needed to make their own freedom."

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
June 17, 2020 ~6 min

Juneteenth highlights the long fight for Black freedom

"Black people on Juneteenth knew that masters and mistresses would not give them their freedom. They knew that they needed to make their own freedom."

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
June 17, 2020 ~6 min

How would reparations for African Americans actually work?

Sandy Darity is an expert on the feasability of reparations, but he was once skeptical of their practicality. Here's his plan for making them happen.

Duke University • futurity
Feb. 24, 2020 ~3 min

African Americans forged free lives in Civil War refugee camps

Civil War refugee camps, where many African Americans lived just before the end of slavery, show "how African Americans made and lived out freedom on their own terms."

Lawrence Goodman-Brandeis • futurity
Feb. 19, 2020 ~12 min

Can historical records change minds about reparations?

"We often think about slavery as old history, as history that's completely disconnected from us. And that's simply not the case."

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Feb. 3, 2020 ~5 min


The task of history | MIT News

At community dialogue, MIT historians discuss the power of historical knowledge to make a better world.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
May 22, 2018 ~11 min

3 Questions: Melissa Nobles and Craig Steven Wilder on the MIT and Legacy of Slavery project | MIT News

MIT Community Dialogue series is underway as multi-year research continues.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
April 30, 2018 ~11 min

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