Passed-down memories become American history in 'Descendant'
Tales of an 1860s slave ship being burned just off the Alabama coast were confirmed when its ruins were found. Now, a documentary explores the contemporary impact.
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Tales of an 1860s slave ship being burned just off the Alabama coast were confirmed when its ruins were found. Now, a documentary explores the contemporary impact.
A new documentary tells the story of the last known slave ship to enter the United States and takes on the difficult question of how to memorialize America’s history of racial violence.
The 1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones does not accept correction. Instead, she attacks every critic as a racist or race traitor.
Maxine Bryant talks about the importance of telling the true story of American history and preserving the future from changed narratives.
In his red-brick rowhouse in the heart of Washington, the man who would become known as the "father of Black history" wrote furiously. From a second-floor "home office" at 1538 Ninth Street NW, Carter G. Woodson led and orchestrated a movement to document Black history, dictating dozens of books, letters, speeches, articles and essays promoting Black people and their place in American history.