Slavery
“Gone with the Wind” days in Virginia
April 8, 2010In the 2006 Senate election in Virginia, incumbent Republican George Allen was defeated by Democrat Jim Webb after undergoing what is called here his "macaca moment."
Read moreApologizing for slavery and segregation
June 15, 2007You may not know it living in the United States, but this year most of what historians call the Atlantic World is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the British abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
Read moreCorporate reparations and transgenerational trauma
June 17, 2005It’s admirable that Wachovia Corp., the nation’s fourth largest bank, under pressure from the cities of Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles, finally revealed and apologized for their role in the heinous transatlantic slave trade. (“Wachovia finds...
Read moreSlavery: Not as dead as you think
April 26, 2002Few Americans learned in school that slaves were about half the workforce that built the White House and the U.S. Capitol.
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