Celebrating July Fifth
The Declaration of Independence, Frederick Douglass, and the Complicated Legacy of the American Past
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Oppression? Or Freedom?
Now we wait.
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A different kind of holiday season
Do Old Wounds Ever Heal?
When do the memories of children torn from mothers’ breasts, fathers’ protection, a community’s legacy stop haunting us? When does healing begin?
In This Era of Racial Strife, What Gives Me Hope and Despair?
William Spivey answers audience members’ questions from Medium Day.
America Is Drunk on Racism
Too many Americans are convinced that the only way to experience the high of national pride is to disregard all the evidence of racial inequity.