Slavery

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.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Terrible Origins of July 4th
02 Jul 2025
The causes of the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence are rarely taught in this country. The American colonists chafed under British rules limiting their settlements and feared they would…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Revolution and the Negro, CLR James, 1939
20 Nov 2024
Haiti’s Battle of Vertières reminds us that resistance is not futile, that victory will come.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: United We Stand! Joint Struggles of Native Americans and African Americans in the Columbian Era, Jan Carew, 1995
16 Oct 2024
“The Seminoles had set a dangerous example, for if Blacks and Native Americans united everywhere in the Americas, then a genuine racial democracy might emerge.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Problem with Juneteenth
19 Jun 2024
Juneteenth was a people's holiday with deep meaning for the descendants of enslaved people. But the declaration of an official federal holiday has turned it into an opportunity for corporate…
Max Parthas
The Evolution of Slavery
07 Feb 2024
In the U.S., a nation built on the enslavement and exploitation of humans, the system of slavery cannot be destroyed. It has merely changed from one form to another.