Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ Inspired by True Story of ‘Whipped Peter,’ Escaped Slave With Scarred Back
Apple is moving ahead with its Will Smith-led project “Emancipation," inspired by real-life enslaved Black American known as "Whipped Peter."
Sunday, May 28, 2023
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Alexander Archer Emancipated Himself, So Why Is He Kneeling Before Lincoln?
Archer Alexander reportedly was the person used as the model for the “Freedman’s Memorial” statue in Washington D.C. But Alexander was not “freed” by Abraham Lincoln.
It’s Time to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday
Although June 19 marks one of the most important events in American history—the conclusion of two and a half centuries of racialized slavery—Juneteenth has yet to become a national holiday.