Rachel Swarns

Contributing Writer at The New York Times

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The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023

Nov 14, 2023 | time.com | Rachel Swarns |Clint Smith |Alice McDermott |Saskia Hamilton

This project is led by Lucy Feldman and Annabel Gutterman, with writing by Judy Berman, Shannon Carlin, Eliana Dockterman, Mahita Gajanan, Cady Lang, Megan McCluskey, Rachel Sonis, Karl Vick, Olivia B. Waxman, Lucas Wittmann, Laura Zornosa, and Meg Zukin; photography editing by Eli Cohen; art direction by Victor Williams; video by Andrew Johnson and Sam McPeak; and production by Juwayriah Wright.
New book 'The 272' traces enslavement practices in the US Catholic church

Aug 19, 2023 | ncronline.org | Bernard G. Prusak |Rachel Swarns

It is a striking irony of history that the U.S. Supreme Court should have found affirmative action in college and university admissions unconstitutional just when U.S. institutions of higher education are beginning to reckon in earnest with their entanglements in the North American slave economy.
Mi iglesia fue parte de la trata de esclavos; eso no ha sacudido mi fe

Jul 6, 2023 | eltiempo.com | Rachel Swarns
My church was part of the slave trade. This has not shaken my faith.

Jun 21, 2023 | sltrib.com | Rachel Swarns
Opinion | My Church Was Part of the Slave Trade. This Has Not Shaken My Faith.

Jun 16, 2023 | nytimes.com | Rachel Swarns
The 272 excerpt: Jesuits sold the enslaved to save Georgetown University

Jun 14, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Swarns
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church (Hardcover)

Jun 12, 2023 | politics-prose.com | Rachel Swarns
Rachel L. Swarns - The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church - with Michel Martin - at Conn Ave

Jun 12, 2023 | politics-prose.com | Rachel Swarns
THE 272 | Kirkus Reviews

May 12, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Rachel Swarns |Gregg Jarrett |Don Yaeger
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley

Apr 18, 2023 | audible.com | David Waldstreicher |Harriet Jacobs |Jonathan Eig |Rachel Swarns

Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age.

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