The museum’s inaugural commemoration of Juneteenth is part an effort to more accurately portray the people of 19th-century western New York.
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Our weeping wounds
Though this summer marked 150 years from the end of the Civil War, the nation remains covered in undressed wounds. And despite the desperately bloody history of slavery and the still unresolved fallout, America tends to gloss over the more violent uprisings in favor of highlighting leaders of civil disobedience. But contemporary African American artist […]
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“12 Years a Slave”
One of the most important movies to appear in the current season, “12 Years a Slave” provides a relevant lesson in some of the darkest passages in the nation’s history as well as a reminder of just how long a shadow that history casts. Beyond its relatively simple and straightforward story, it suggests the moral […]
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The slavery effect
White Southerners living in the former Cotton Belt are more likely to have negative attitudes toward African Americans than other Southerners, according to a new University of Rochester study. And they are more likely to be Republican and to express opposition to social and economic justice policies such as affirmative action, the study says. Researchers […]
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“The Whipping Man”
“The Whipping Man” by Matthew Lopez begins in desolation and ends with not much more than a speck of hope — a meager sense of opportunity if the characters can somehow overcome years (even centuries) of experience (and history).
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True or false? Rochester and slavery
Change the present A friend sent us a copy of the February 10 City article on the revelations of Nathaniel Rochester’s activities as a slave trader. It is appropriate that a complete history of significant people of the past should be made known. However, it is not enough. We feel comfortable making judgments about […]
