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The untold stories of slavery
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Blackmon, who has extensively researched African American slavery in the late 19th and early 20th century, said he is often asked why he wrote a book portraying...
View ArticleLiving reflections of spirit, soul, and freedom
With drums and dance, a group of local performers brought to life a series of paintings by artist Joseph Holston documenting the history of slavery in America. “These paintings have a spirit and a...
View ArticleAn artist’s journey from darkness to ‘color’
Artist Joseph Holston’s “Color in Freedom” exhibit — which is currently on display at Northeastern University’s Gallery 360 — illuminates the history of slavery in America through the exhibit of more...
View ArticleStudy finds human trafficking is judged unevenly by law, public
In the first-ever report on the efficacy of the nation’s anti-human trafficking efforts, co-authored by Northeastern criminologist Amy Farrell, researchers found that comprehensive laws that invested...
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Northeastern University professor studies slavery, black women’s clubs, and...
For the past 10 years, Patricia Davis has studied how African Americans have chronicled their lives before, during, and immediately after the Civil War. In particular, she’s analyzed how black history...
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Northeastern professor Caleb Gayle tells a story of Black people who became...
It was four years ago that Caleb Gayle came across a news report from Tulsa, Oklahoma, that helped him unlock new points of view—both historical and personal. That article from the newspaper of his...
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Why the UK needs the realms and the Commonwealth much more than they need the UK
Nicole Aljoe, who is Jamaican, has seen an array of reactions to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in her family chats on WhatsApp. With some relatives living in Canada and the U.K., Aljoe has noticed...
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