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Sarah Grandmother’s Knife, Apsáalooke (Crow), age 10, wearing an elk-tooth dress and sticking out her tongue playfully in Montana, 1910 Fred Meyer photograph collection / National Museum of the American Indian The Archive Center at the National Museum of the American Indian presents a new exhibition that can help “interrupt the romanticized, stereotypical images often sharedContinue reading “See the Stunning Archival Photographs That Tell the Stories of Everyday Native Life and Communities”

A 19th-century illustration of two yellow fever victims in New Orleans Bettmann / Getty Images A new book explores how immunity to the disease created opportunities for white, but not Black, people More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the social, economic and political implications of public health crises are more apparent than ever—as is the fact that people of color and poorer communities often bear the bruntContinue reading “How Yellow Fever Intensified Racial Inequality in 19th-Century New Orleans”

Charleston’s City Hall, where Tuesday’s vote was held, was built by enslaved people. Flickr/Spencer Means Some 40 percent of enslaved Africans entered the country through Charleston After a long and emotional council meeting, the city of Charleston, South Carolina, has formally apologized for its role in the slave trade. On Tuesday, according to Hanna Alani ofContinue reading “Charleston, South Carolina, Formally Apologizes for Its Role in the Slave Trade”