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White people have long tried to obscure slavery as the cause of the Civil War. Donald Trump is no different.

Taking down the Confederacy is more than a symbolic act

Georgetown University, Jesuits Apologize For Supporting Slavery

Ben Carson Tried To Call Slavery A Form of Immigration

Harvard Acknowledges Past Connections To Slavery

Why Black Americans Should Still Celebrate This Independence Day

A Case for A National Juneteenth Holiday

Harvard Owned Up to Its Role in Slavery. When Will the Others?

This Poet Is Calling Out The Founding Fathers For Their Erasure Of Black People

John Legend Wants ‘Underground’ To Make Us “Confront Our History”

Florida State Fraternity Suspended For Slavery-Themed Hazing Accusations

First Look at Trailer for John Legend’s ‘Underground’

Relatives of Aunt Jemima hit brand with lawsuit

Petition calls for slave memorial in Washington D.C.

Arizona school under fire for teaching literature that outlines the ‘benefits of slavery’

University agrees to remove Confederate flags from campus following protests

Texas reps accidentally support reparations for slavery

149 years ago today, Juneteenth was born

Poll: attitudes towards slavery reparations split among Americans

Update: Nigeria Boko Haram leader claims kidnapping of 234, plans to sell them

Video: Cliven Bundy defends slavery comments with more racist banter

Ray Jasper will die in two weeks, here’s his letter

Newspaper under fire for offensive ’12 Years a Slave’ headlines

Prestigious NYC prep school apologizes for screening slavery satire

‘They Are Still Our Slaves’ author breaks down the demise of black people, continued rise of whites to power

Author James McBride takes home National Book Award

History Channel’s “Roots” remake in the works

Lawmaker who said he would vote for slavery retracts statement

Jim Wheeler says comments about reinstating slavery out of context

Race Play: interracial couples use slavery as a means of intimacy

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