Topic: Black History
Fighting Black Erasure
Penn professor Sarah Jackson’s new book chronicles the radical acts of Black media-makers who, recognized or not, have shaped the American Experiment over the past 250 years.
By Malcolm Burnley
Becoming American, Philadelphia’s Story
One Black history project the current administration cannot erase: a new documentary on African Americans from the time of William Penn to the Civil War — with flashes forward to modern day Philly
By Courtney DuChene
Ona Judge Day Is the Holiday We Need Right Now
One month and 230 years ago, a 22-year-old escaped the Philadelphia house where Martha and George Washington enslaved her. Today, sign a petition to put honor on her name
By Ronnie Polaneczky
The Dirty Business of Erasing Black History
The federal government may have removed the memorial to slavery on Independence Mall, but the history of African Americans exceeds the limits of historic comfort
By Dr. James Peterson
How to Get the President’s House Exhibit Back
Attorney and civil rights activist Michael Coard on the origin, current state, and future of the Philadelphia memorial to slavery
By Victor Fiorillo
Michael Idriss, Black History Game Changer
African American history has been disappeared from Independence National Historical Park. Not so at the Museum of the American Revolution, with thanks to one “time traveler”
By Olivia Loudon
Dismantling America’s Truth
Philly writer Lorene Cary helped tell the story of the people George Washington enslaved in his home on what’s now Independence Mall. A fellow social justice activist decries the Trump-directed erasure of her work — and the facts
By David Topel
Unamerican Liberties at the Liberty Bell
A legendary local journalist calls out the President for trying to erase America’s ugly past — and present — in Philly’s and the nation's first federal memorial about slavery
By Linn Washington Jr.
Ali Velshi On PragerU, The Disturbing Replacement For PBS
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member, Oklahoma's John Waldron and reporter Antonia Hylton discuss the "insidious" plans unaccredited media company has to replace public broadcasting in U.S. classrooms
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi on Removing Slavery From The Smithsonian
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with professors Eddie Glaude and Imani Perry to discuss Trump's attacks on the Smithsonian's slavery exhibits — and history itself
By Ali Velshi