In the depths of the Great Depression, a bold social experiment unfolded in the Arkansas Delta. Known as the Dyess Colony, this federally funded community provided struggling white families with…
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“Tariffs, Taxes, and the Twilight of a Union: How Economic Tensions Shadowed the Road to the Civil War”
While slavery was undoubtedly the engine of this discord, there were other gears grinding in the background—less visible, perhaps, but no less significant. Among them: tariffs and taxes. In this…
Forced Labor and Legal Loopholes: Conviction and Forced Labor After the 13th Amendment and Vagrancy Act of 1866
The Vagrancy Act of 1866 and the 13th Amendment are connected through their impact on the legal status and treatment of individuals considered vagrants or prisoners, particularly in the context…
Blind Tom Wigging, Musical Prodigy Who Suffered Exploitation At The Hands Of Those Who Enslaved Him
Thomas Greene Wiggins, known as “Blind Tom,” was a musical prodigy born into slavery. Despite his blindness and autism, his musical talent was revealed early, as he echoed sounds and…
The Colfax Massacre. Another Time of Bloody Violence During Reconstruction.
The Colfax Massacre of 1873 was a violent incident in Colfax, Louisiana, where an estimated 150 to 300 African Americans were killed. The incident occurred during the Reconstruction era, following…
The rise of reactionaries in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic in Washington
Emergent movements, including a resurgence of the KKK, led to more anti-immigration policy, eugenics laws, religious fundamentalism and conservative leadership. By Knute Berger, Crosscut Published: July 10, 2022, The end…
THE BACK STORY: HOW THE BROWN PAPER BAG CARRIED “THE COLOR COMPLEX” FROM SLAVERY FORWARD
POSTED BY BLACKTHEN – APRIL 29, 2021 An actual test, along with the so-called ruler test in common use in the the early 1900s among upper class #Black American societies…
Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | Checked By Jaclyn AnglisPublished September 21, 2021 For much of the 20th century, thousands of all-white American towns forbade Black people from being within the city…