Juneteenth is a celebration of Black resiliency and joy Nadia E. Brown and Christine M. Slaughter - June 19, 2025 It’s also a day to think about systemic inequalities Black Americans face in criminal justice.
From hip-hop to the Hilltop: Can Cory Booker and Gen X fight the power? Nadia E. Brown - April 7, 2025 Booker’s epic 25-hour speech in the U.S. Senate is a rallying cry for America.
Nannie Helen Burroughs: A tower of strength in the labor world Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Phillips-Cunningham - March 6, 2025 A new book by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham offers insights and inspiration on the power of labor organizing.
Today’s election denialism and violence has a dark echo in the Jim Crow South Kimberley S. Johnson - January 14, 2021 As in 1877, the U.S. has to decide whether it wants to be a multi-racial democracy
The Confederate flag largely disappeared after the Civil War. The fight against civil rights brought it back. Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston, and Logan Strother - June 12, 2017 http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/new-orleans-reacts-to-the-removal-of-confederate-statues/2017/05/11/2b3b9916-3684-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_video.html Last week, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu oversaw the
Republicans say goodbye to the Confederate flag–and hello to a new strategy Joseph Lowndes - June 24, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26439" align="alignnone" width="620" class="center"] File: Protesters hold a sign
Who disagrees with 'Selma’s' portrayal of LBJ? Blacks in the civil rights era. John Sides - January 5, 2015 [caption id="attachment_19758" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy, David
Who disagrees with ‘Selma’s’ portrayal of LBJ? Blacks in the civil rights era. Alvin Tillery - January 5, 2015 [caption id="attachment_19758" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy, David
Times have changed, KKK edition Andrew Gelman - December 30, 2014 Rep. Steve Scalise (R) of Louisiana got into the news
Americans don't like protests. But protests may work anyway. Robert Shapiro - August 25, 2014 [caption id="attachment_14498" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Thousands of demonstrators peacefully march past