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October 24, 2024
Scott W. Stern
Searching for the Elusive Man Who Inspired
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
John Andrew Jackson spent a night at Harriet Beecher Stowe’s home as he fled north. Why do so few traces of his visit remain?
March 30, 2021
Zito Madu
Living Through Detroit’s Perpetual Housing Crisis
The story of my block is the story of Detroit, a majority Black city where so many Black residents still find it nearly impossible to get by.
September 17, 2019
Eric Herschthal
How Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Novel Reckons With the Past
“The Water Dancer” comes out of a powerful examination of the legacies of slavery today.
April 20, 2016
Clio Chang
6 reasons Harriet Tubman deserves to be on the $20 bill.
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