Around the year 1500, in a region of the Yucatan Peninsula between the Aztec and Mayan empires, a girl who came to be known as Malitzen was born. She rose from slavery to become a Spanish noblewomen but was she a traitor to her...
Democracies are based on the idea that power is held in the hands of the people, and that everyone has an equal right to freedom and self-governance. So how could democratic societies claim to support equality while holding humans in...
The story of the infamous, cotton gin – an 18th century invention used by African-American slaves that changed the United States for the better and the...
1619 was a significant year in the history of America for better and for worse. In Jamestown, Virginia the first slaves were imported and sold. Meet Nikole Hannah-Jones; author of New York Times’ “1619 Project” who will examine the impact of...
