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In THE TROUBLE OF COLOR, I wrote about the poetic justice of the fire that destroyed the plantation where my great grandmother was once held enslaved. Nottoway reminded me that sites of slavery’s crimes against humanity still stand all around in Baltimore. thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/column…

In THE TROUBLE OF COLOR, I wrote about poetic justice and a fire that destroyed the plantation where my great grandmother, Jennie, was once held enslaved. Nottoway reminded me that sites of slavery’s crimes against humanity still stand all around us at home in Baltimore.

Abigail lived and died, enslaved in Paris. I’m honored to tell her story here and to think that visitors to that beautiful city may have her in mind as they walk its haunted streets.

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I wrote about discovering my grandmother’s hair in Harvard’s Peabody Museum in The Trouble of Color. It still haunts me. I salute Tamara Lanier who persisted in her quest to win control of her ancestor’s images from the same museum — and prevailed! nytimes.com/2025/05/28/har…

Hey, y'all! Wanted you to hear it from me: I'm running for president of The National Association of Black Journalists! I'm so excited for the opportunity to lead at this moment in our profession and our organization. I hope you'll support me and spread the word! #Errin4NABJ

Harvard may no longer have the resources to resist those suits for return of enslaved Black folks' and Indigenous people's artifacts. Get your ancestors' stuff, folks! Brett Chapman

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I have found my ancestors’ clothing and familial objects in Western museums but this is a whole other scale of harrowing.

Historian Martha S. Jones & Kate Masur, a member of the Historians Council on the Constitution, filed a brief against the birthright citizenship executive order. History contradicts the administration's claim that the 14th Amendment applies only to “newly freed slaves.”

I’ve told the story many times. Now Kate Masur and I have filed it in federal court: Free Black Americans were first to recognize BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. When denied it, they fought to secure it. They show us what the 14th Amendment meant and what it meant to live without it.

I’ve told the story many times. Now Kate Masur and I have filed it in federal court: Free Black Americans were first to recognize BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. When denied it, they fought to secure it. They show us what the 14th Amendment meant and what it meant to live without it.

SNF Agora faculty Martha S. Jones co-authored an amicus brief defending birthright citizenship, drawing on decades of Black civic advocacy before the Civil War. Read: bit.ly/MJ-amicus Martha S. Jones

I’ve told the story many times. Now Kate Masur and I have filed it in federal court: Free Black Americans were first to recognize BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. When denied it, they fought to secure it. They show us what the 14th Amendment meant and what it meant to live without it.

Greg Carr and Min. Fear Of Con can this be discussed today?

I’ve told the story many times. Now Kate Masur & I have filed it in federal court: Free Black Americans were first to recognize BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. When denied it, they fought to secure it. They show us what the 14th Amendment meant & what it meant to live without it.

Great work here. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽