Cotton Bolls

San Francisco Teacher’s Slavery Lesson Using Cotton Plants Leads To 5 Week Absence

An eighth grade teacher at San Francisco's predominately white Creative Arts Charter School was allegedly suspended after missing five weeks…
04.26.22
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Keke Palmer Says Her New Slave Film ‘Alice’ Is “Not Trauma Porn”

Keke Palmer plays a woman enslaved on a plantation in 19th century Georgia in her new movie 'Alice,' which she says…
03.08.22
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Lisa Cook, Biden’s Pick For Federal Reserve Governor, Has Called For Reparations

Lisa Cook, a Michigan State University economics professor, is facing a racist smear campaign on the road to the Federal…
02.03.22
Cotton harvest

103-Year-Old Woman Recalls Picking Cotton as Teenager in Viral Video

A 103-year-old grandmother has gone viral after sharing her experience picking cotton as a teenager.
11.24.21
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Actor Jeremy Pope Dedicated His Met Gala Outfit To Slave Attire In The Cotton Fields

Broadway actor Jeremy Pope, who also had a prominent guest role on the final season of FX series 'Pose,' used…
10.04.21
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Black Conservative Larry Elder Argues Slave Owners Are Also Owed Reparations For Having Property “Taken Away”

Larry Elder, the often-controversial Black conservative politician from California, gave a hot take on the idea of reparations during a…
09.06.21
26th Annual Critics Choice Awards

Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance Team With MTV for ‘Slavery’ Series [VIDEO]

MTV Entertainment Studios has partnered with Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance on a new docu-series entitled “One Thousand Years of Slavery," a four-part…
10.04.21
Speakers On Day Four Of Republican National Convention

D.L. Hughley Rips Ben Carson For Claiming Welfare Was Worse For Black People Than Slavery

D.L. Hughley had a lot to say in response to recent remarks from Republican Ben Carson, who brazenly claimed at…
10.03.21

Lawsuit Dismissed In The Case Of ‘Let’s Make A Slave’ Class Assignment

The assignment led to a recently-dismissed lawsuit from the family of a Black student with autism, but it's a bit…
10.03.21

Black Man Enslaved By White Restaurant Manager Owed Over $500K

The manager of a South Carolina restaurant employed the man, who has a cognitive disability, for five years without pay.
05.07.21

Georgia City Votes To Remove Pavilion Where Slaves Were Sold

Officials in a small city in rural Georgia have voted to remove a rare, 18th century pavilion where slaves were…
08.13.20

Little Known Black History Fact: Harriet Jacobs

  Harriet Jacobs was a former slave who penned an autobiography detailing her escape from an oppressive master who made…
10.02.21