November 20, 2021 | 8:09 AM
Slavery By Another Name
Explore the little-known story of the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South that persisted into
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Updated: November 24, 2021 | 10:13 am
Formerly enslaved people made an impact at Dickinson College. The school is now honoring their names
After research into the college’s ties to slavery, a residence hall and a gate will be renamed.
July 7, 2021 | 3:00 PM
The legacies of Chief Justices Roger Taney and John Marshall and slavery
History remembers slavery is linked to the legacies of both Justices
By Merideth Bucher May 18, 2021 | 3:00 PM
Pennsylvania’s new Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson, MD
Also on the program: House Divided Project explores the struggle for freedom in the US
By Scott LaMar January 27, 2021 | 9:30 AM
The Long Song on Masterpiece
Tamara Lawrance (King Charles III) stars as an indomitable house slave in Jamaica during the era of emancipation, with Hayley Atwell (The Avengers) as her demanding, capricious mistress, in The Long Song.
December 20, 2019 | 7:33 PM
Dickinson College considers removing names of slaveholders from campus
A midstate college could soon remove the names of slaveholders that are commemorated on campus buildings.
November 10, 2019 | 8:21 AM
Hundreds march in reenactment of a historic, but long forgotten slave rebellion
The German Coast Uprising is believed to be the largest slave rebellion in United States history. This weekend, hundreds of African Americans gathered in the streets of Louisiana to recreate the event, long an overlooked chapter in the story of America.
By Leila Fadel and Emma Bowman/NPR November 8, 2019 | 9:36 AM
Villanova students win national award for ‘Sankofa,’ documentary shot in Philly, Ghana
Princess Garrett and 20 other students created and produced the documentary “Sankofa,” which tells the story of two young Black men who live worlds apart, yet share so much.
By Jennifer Lynn/WHYY 
