The Illustrated Week: Vol. 10

What we’re often told doesn’t reflect the entire story— we can do something about that.

Felix Haywood, formerly enslaved at age 97 in 1936 outside his Texas home.

There’s an old proverb which says: “As long as antelope are historians, lions will always be predators.” At its core, is a lesson that whoever has the power, gets to shape how historical narratives are shaped. I thought about that lesson today, as the country pauses to mark June…