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  The struggle for the Black vote is often framed as a finished chapter of the Civil Rights Movement. However, a deeper look at American his...

  The Lynching of Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marion, Indiana, August 7, 1930 August 7, 1930 Lawrence Beitler (American, 1885 - 1960) The Arc...

  It’s an old tactic, perhaps just re-imagined. Historically, dominant powers have taken land from existing communities, often the less powe...

  Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) [nps.gov] History in Indiana doesn't just rhyme; it follows a precise, century-old blueprint of institutio...

Progress for Whom? The PBS Origins video above asks a haunting question: Are highways racist? While the term "progress" is often ...

  The U.S. Interstate System is widely regarded as the finest highway network in the world. Former Federal Highway Administration Director S...

Dr. Claud Anderson's PowerNomics uses specific statistics to illustrate the economic and social predicament of Black Americans, attribu...

“Used in War, Erased in Peace” It reveals something painful — and painfully consistent — about the United States that the military has repe...

  US Slave Blog: Reopening Letter, 2025 To our readers, old and new: The US Slave Blog returns in 2025 because the truth demands it. What...

From the archives of The Economist (UK), "The fall of Richmond and its effect upon English commerce, " Our [The UK Econom...