In 2010, Kara Walker produced a black and white drawing entitled “The moral arc of history ideally bends towards justice but just as soon as not curves back around toward
The American Revolution is often depicted as a struggle between the common man and the callous elite. Yet most of the famous American figures of the revolution were powerful landowners, with ownership over other human beings. A Duke University podcast revisits how contested ideas of "democracy" reverberate in American politics today.
<p>"Ex-Confederates didn't let go of slavery lightly. They did what they could to hold on to it. And so, African-Americans largely had to fight their way out of bondage."</p>