This story is part of a special Juneteenth project with Vox which explores the ongoing struggle for freedom for Black Americans. Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was legally freed in 1848 in Ohio when she was about 30. She only basked in that freedom for five years. In 1853, a white sheriff empowered by the […]
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Democracy in America Is a Rigged Game
This story is part of a special Juneteenth project with Vox which explores the ongoing struggle for freedom for Black Americans. For six years, at the height of Southern leaders’ massive resistance to desegregation, Derrick Bell held one of the most harrowing jobs in the legal profession. From 1960 to 1966, as an attorney with […]
