Slavery

The Editors
Black Agenda Report July 4th Special Issue
01 Jul 2026
“This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Barack Obama, George Washington and the 4th of July
01 Jul 2026
The opening of the Obama Center has brought Barack Obama back into the spotlight, although he offers nothing new. He will be in the pocket of the oligarchy for the rest of his life, and that means he…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
F$$K the Fourth: Declaring Our Collective Independence from the Sinking Ship of U.S. Empire
01 Jul 2026
The settler colonial state is now more corrupt and more unequal than even the genocidal "founding fathers" imagined.
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Trump and America’s Fascist Forefathers
01 Jul 2026
Donald Trump is not an anomaly, but the heir of fascism which began in 1776 and continued throughout U.S. history.
Elias Isquith
White supremacy and slavery: Gerald Horne on the real story of American independence
01 Jul 2026
It's time to revisit America's heroic creation myth and what really happened in 1776, author-historian tells Salon.
Dr. Gerald Horne
Juneteenth Book Signing & Lecture with Prof. Gerald Horne
17 Jun 2026
Prof. Gerald Horne’s book signing and lecture in Brooklyn, New York on June 19.
Gregory P. Downs
The Hidden History of Juneteenth
17 Jun 2026
Most people think Juneteenth was simply when enslaved Texans learned they were free, but that is a myth. They knew the war ended but the fight for freedom did not end with one proclamation; it took…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jarvis C. McInnis’s Book, “Afterlives of the Plantation”
22 Apr 2026
This week’s featured author is Jarvis C. McInnis. McInnis is the Cordelia and William Laverack Family Assistant Professor of English at Duke University. His book is Afterlives of the…
Nicholas Mwangi
UN Declares Transatlantic Slavery the “gravest crime against humanity”
01 Apr 2026
The UN has adopted a landmark declaration, introduced by Ghana, recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity,” in a move that has intensified calls for reparations…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
EDITORIAL: Centenary of Negro Emancipation, Marcus Garvey, 1934
30 Jul 2025
“When the American and West Indian Negroes get to know their history…they will have a greater love for the African through whom they have sprung.”