Richard Benjamin June 2020 The Liverpool-based International Slavery Museum is the only national museum dedicated to the subject of slavery. Its purpose is to increase the understanding of transatlantic, chattel and other forms of enslavement. The museum opened on 23 August 2007, Read More …
Song for a Former Slave Her dress is made of music humming through the hem, high notes in the seams. A rousing hymn adorns the bodice with sheer lace. The heart is stitched with loud amens, the back a curving Read More …
Jean Beaman June 2020 Coronavirus is not the great equalizer many have claimed. Rather, it has only exacerbated existing racial and ethnic inequalities in the United States, as well as worldwide. Examining both this global pandemic and the reactions to Read More …
Venise Wagner and Sally Lehrman June 2020 Two days into the riots following the death of George Floyd, the African American man strangled under the knee of a police officer, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the riots were not just Read More …
Nitzan Lebovic June 2020 1. Instituting Inequality When we think of a state of emergency—something declared by most of the countries around the globe in response to the COVID-19 pandemic—we usually think of a temporary, drastic response to an urgent Read More …