Unfiltered stories of Black resistance, erased heroes, and hidden truths. We connect the past to today’s fights so the next generation never has to ask “why didn’t they teach us this?”
In 1858, the luxury yacht Wanderer smuggled 409 Africans from the Congo region into Georgia despite federal laws that had outlawed the transatlantic slave trade decades earlier. Owned by wealthy Southern elites, the vessel used status, privilege, and deception to avoid scrutiny from anti-slavery patrols.
Federal investigators eventually uncovered evidence and prosecuted those responsible. Despite witnesses, counterfeit documents, and multiple trials, no convictions were secu
A United Nations resolution led by Ghana addressing reparations for the transatlantic slave trade has passed with overwhelming global support. Only three countries, the United States, Israel, and Argentina, voted against it.
The resolution does not mandate immediate payments. It establishes formal international recognition that the slave trade created long-term economic consequences that continue to shape inequality today.
