GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Dec. 28 clarified comments she made about the Civil War that had attracted criticism. “Of course the Civil War was about slavery. We know that. That’s the easy part of it,” Ms. Haley told a New Hampshire radio show. “What I was saying was: What does it mean to […]
The College Board’s pilot Advanced Placement (AP) course on African American studies won’t be offered for high school students in Arkansas, the state’s education department has confirmed. The decision to remove the course from the state’s roster of offerings was shared with high school teachers on Aug. 11, the Friday just before the start of […]
New educational standards in Florida have caused controversy. The standards include curriculum material suggesting that slavery may have been of “benefit” to some black people because it taught useful skills. NTD spoke to the host of “America’s Hope,” Kelly Wright, for his insight on the matter.
Ballot measures related to abortion, marijuana, and slavery are among a diverse array of issues that voters in 37 states will decide at the polls this fall. Taxes, infrastructure bonds, crime, minimum wage, elections, and the structure of state governments are also among common themes on Nov. 8 ballots nationwide. An expected flurry of measures […]
BEIJING—It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labor of members of minority groups has taken place in China’s western Xinjiang region, the UN’s top expert on slavery said in a report released this week. The findings were “based on an independent assessment of available information”, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, […]
In the annals of racial reckoning, Georgetown University’s public atonement for its historical links to slavery has attracted special attention and generous praise. Since the student newspaper jolted the campus with accounts of Jesuit priests engineering the sale of 272 enslaved people in 1838 to stave off bankruptcy for the college, Georgetown has honored campus […]
It would be wrong to assume that after the Maryland Jesuits sold 272 slaves to Louisiana planters in 1838, slavery came to an end at Georgetown College. It’s likely that hundreds of slaves worked at the college, and on the Jesuits’ six plantations in southern Maryland, who are not recorded as property of the religious […]
The greatest crisis of our time is the continued effort to divide the country by putting a name on everything and pitting one group against another. A country divided cannot stand. Democrats have labeled America as having “systemic racism” to slow black Americans from achieving their success. I call hogwash. Remember these words of Booker […]
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill making June 19—Juneteenth—a federal holiday to mark the end of slavery in the United States, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk. The measure, S. 475, passed on a vote of 415-14 in the chamber. It comes a day after it passed through the Senate with […]
The Chinese regime is trying to deflect accusations of forced labor by bringing up a 19th-century photo showing slavery in the United States. The regime’s foreign ministry then claimed that forced labor is an American issue, not a Chinese one.
In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we take a look at a Catholic school lawsuit; the cancellation of Abraham Lincoln; and what all this has in common with China. And finally, what can we expect from the Biden administration on immigration, crime, and justice.
NEW YORK—Controversy is brewing over how to teach the American history of slavery in schools. Two groups are working to implement k-12th grade curriculum that will influence how children learn about slavery—and in particular, it’s impact on our nation. The 1619 Project, spearheaded by the New York Times’ investigative reporter, Nikole Hannah-Jones, aims to redefine […]
Archaeologists excavating a slave cemetery near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have made a very unusual find. Diggers working in the slave cemetery called Pretos Novos have unearthed an intact skeleton of a young African female. The remains are thought to be about 200 years old. “It was very surprising finding a woman because there was […]
A slave cabin now sits in the the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The cabin was built during slavery, in about 1853. People were still living in it until 1981. It represents generations of history. The cabin is on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. […]
