which demanded that each adult male must prove that his grandfather or father had voted in a year within the period before the abolition of slavery to gain voting eligibility. This particularly affected
While slavery is a status imposed upon individuals, stripping them of freedom and agency, being a mistress involves a complex set of social and personal dynamics. The term mistress may also reflect a woman's autonomy in her personal life choices, despite societal judgments. It's important to ...
U.S. banks systematically denied mortgages to Black Americans and other people of color who lived in certain areas "redlined" by a federal government agency called the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC).6The HOLC created maps that classified neighborhoods across the country on a "perceived lev...
Some of the folk tunes date back to the first European settlers in America, as well as tunes adapted from days of slavery. The Appalachian and Ohio Valley areas were a good source for folk melodies. Some of them have been labeled "land shanties," in reference to a similar feel for ...
"I feel honored to be the first Black woman with the number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart. That would not have happened without the outpouring of support from each and every one of you. My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist’s race, as it relates to...
Most people in the United States automatically equate November withPilgrims & “Indians”and Thanksgiving, and while the tide ofcognizant adultsis turning, there are still millions of people in the USA who do not acknowledge our country’s horrific, genocidal,colonial history. I’ve written about...
The event was likely to draw attention from mainstream media around the country the next day. And that happened. My friend, of course, couldn't have fully known in advance of any storms his piece might cause; I really doubt that would have mattered in his effort. ...
The institutions of slavery and then Jim Crow segregation in the American South represent a key historical pillar of the carceral state, but not the only one. AsKhalil Muhammadand other scholars have shown, "racial criminalization" through the "condemnation of blackness" also flourished in the ur...
Since 2021, El Salvador remains the only country to allow Bitcoin as legal tender. Crypto’s legal status in other countries depends on the financial jurisdiction. China has outright banned crypto and crypto mining. In many other countries, legislation regarding crypto is still in the early stages...
“Let me be clear, there’s no room in our classrooms for things like critical race theory,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)said in Marchat a news conference. “Teaching kids to hate their country and to hate each other is not worth one red cent of taxpayer money.” ...