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The Four Best Slaveowners

So, what’s my point? Tear down the statues of these men, scrape their names off every building in America, and damn their memories?

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Christian Coleman Lists, Ranking

The 5th of November: The Gunpowder, Treason, and Slave Revolt

Slavery is not a natural condition, despite what American slaveholders said.

November 1, 2021November 2, 2021 Christian Coleman Articles

America’s Culture War Is a Religious Conflict

A civic religion is more than just a system of beliefs that we might consider “religious,” as in, supernatural. A civic religion is a set of beliefs, customs, and symbols […]

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Christian Coleman Essays
Red Summer

Red Summer: When White America Went to War With Black America

World War I ended in 1919. The War to End All Wars did no such thing. The postwar era was defined by violence, upheaval, wealth inequality, economic collapse, and basically […]

June 20, 2021June 22, 2021 Christian Coleman Articles
Anti-racist reading list

An Incomplete Anti-Racist Reading List

“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist” – Angela Davis Juneteenth is now a federal holiday in celebration of the signing of […]

June 19, 2021June 22, 2021 Caleb McKerley Articles, Lists, Recommendations

Capt. Robert Smalls, The first Black Man to Command a US Navy Ship

This. week in history, on May 13, 1862, Captain Robert Smalls became the first black person to command a United States Navy ship.  Captain Smalls was born into slavery in […]

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 Christian Coleman Articles
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