Social and Cultural Events
Emmett Till's Casket Goes to the Smithsonian
Simeon Wright recalls the events surrounding his cousin's murder and the importance of having the casket on public display
November 2009 |
By Abby Callard
Digging up the Past at a Richmond Jail
The excavation of a notorious jail recalls Virginia's leading role in the slave trade
March 2009 |
By Abigail Tucker
A Northern Family Confronts Its Slaveholding Past
Filmmaker Katrina Browne discusses her family’s role in American slavery
June 19, 2008 |
By Katy June-Friesen
Inside Cape Town
Tourists are flocking to the city, but a former resident explains how the legacy of apartheid lingers
April 2008 |
By Joshua Hammer
Sea Island Strata
At a former Georgia plantation, archaeologists delve into both the workaday and spiritual lives of slaves.
February 2007 |
By Eric Wills
Interview with Thomas Allen Harris
Director of "Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela"
September 01, 2006 |
By Lucinda Moore
Dirty Little Secret
To see the Revolutionary war through the eyes of slaves is to better understand why so many of them fought for the crown
May 2006 |
By Simon Schama
Profile in Courage
Fifteen years later, a photograph of an anonymous protester facing down a row of tanks in Beijing's Tiananmen Square still inspires astonishment
January 2004 |
By Dana Calvo
Tumult and Transition in "Little America"
Americans created Liberia as a homeland for freed slaves. But a quarter century of civil war over festering ethnic animosities has renewed questions about the U.S. role in the African nation
November 2003 |
By Alan Huffman
Heroes of the Underground Railroad
A groundbreaking chronicle sheds new light on one of the most dramatic chapters in American history
July 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Cast in Bondage
Copper neck tags evoke the experience of American slaves hired out as part-time laborers
February 2003 |
By Victoria Dawson
Flawed Founders
To what degree do the attitudes of Washington and Jefferson toward slavery diminish their achievements?
November 2002 |
By Stephen E. Ambrose
