EditorialAn undated photo provided by North Carolina Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill of the poet, abolitionist and suffragist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. (North Carolina Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill via The New York Times)
EditorialAdovocacy Groups, Including The Abolitionist Action Committee, gather outside U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 29 Jun 2022
EditorialAn elaborate wedding dress by the firm L.P. Hollander, whose founder was an abolitionist, in a scene created by film director Radha Blank that includes a woven “quilt,” or veil that acts as a reference to both African beading and braiding and reads “We Good. Thx!,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's exhibit, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” in New York, May 1, 2022. (Charlie Rubin/The New York Times)
EditorialClockwise from top left: a statue of Ida B. Wells; a Jim Crow-era sign ordering Black people to the back of the bus; a candle holder depicting the abolitionist John Brown; a bust of Paul Robeson, the performer and activist; a whip used during slavery;? a World Ambassador award given to the Harlem Globetrotters. (DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times)
EditorialIbram X. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist,” on campus at American University in Washington, July 31, 2019. (Emma Howells/The New York Times)