Oppression in the Kitchen, Delight in the Dining Room
At one plantation museum in Virginia, the story of enslaved chocolatier Caesar shows the oppression that lay behind the elites’ culinary treat.
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What Did Christmas and New Year’s Mean to the Enslaved?
A different kind of holiday season
Course Examines How Newspapers Covered Lynchings
Student journalists are using spreadsheets and databases to examine one of the darkest chapters in American history.
The Contributions Enslaved Africans Made to American Society
History shows enslaved Africans brought knowledge and skills to the US that predate their captivity, disproving Florida curriculum.
The Groveland Four: Omitted from Florida’s Black History Guidelines
Much has been made about the new Florida’s State Academic Guidelines for Black history, for good reason: They ignore critical portions of Black history.
What “Benefits” Accrued to the People Who Gained Skills as Enslaved People?
Depending on where they were, formerly enslaved people could indeed utilize those skills, but it rarely worked out well for even the most skilled among them.
The History Issue: Grant, Lee, the AAPI Community, and Rosa
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 11: Editor’s Letter, “What the Media Misses in AAPI and Black Relations,” “Rosa Parks: More Than a One-Hit Wonder,” and a quote by Alice Walker
Rosa Parks: More Than a One-Hit Wonder
“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” –Rosa Parks
How Black History Informs, Transforms, and Heals
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 8: Editor’s Letter, “Groveland: Restoring its History Black Cemetery,” and a quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
The World Is Upside Down Yet Again
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 5 NO 5: Editor’s Letter, “With Biases, You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know,” “Write with Us,” “OHF + Mastodon,” and a quote by Nelson Mandela.
The Magical Martin Luther King Is a Poor Symbol of Resistance
The Morgan Freeman character that Dr. King has become allows the narrative to center around white people overcoming racism.
The Race Massacres They Never Taught Us About in School
The only race massacre in American history I learned about in K-12 school was of the slaughter of white soldiers. We were also taught about the Trail of Tears, though in retrospect, it seems our history classes spent as much time on that one event as on all the centuries of slavery itself.