Race – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:10:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Race – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Suppression of Medical Truth https://brewminate.com/tuskegee-syphilis-study-medical-deception-public-health/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270883 The Tuskegee Syphilis Study reveals how the suppression of medical information by government researchers eroded trust, exposed ethical

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]]> When Nature Speaks for Power: Aristotle and the Moral Laundering of Domination https://brewminate.com/when-nature-speaks-for-power-aristotle-and-the-moral-laundering-of-domination/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:34:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=269916 What makes Aristotle’s logic especially dangerous is its respectability. When authority borrows the voice of nature, it speaks

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]]> Classifying the Human: Carl Linnaeus and the Birth of Modern of Scientific Racism https://brewminate.com/classifying-the-human-carl-linnaeus-and-the-birth-of-modern-of-scientific-racism/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:33:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=269930 Because of the work of Linnaeus and others, entire populations were positioned as less rational, less capable, and

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]]> The African American Experience on the Panama Canal in the Early 20th Century https://brewminate.com/the-african-american-experience-on-the-panama-canal-in-the-early-20th-century/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:06:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=199710 African Americans started arriving on the Canal Zone in the early construction years of 1904–1908. The history of

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]]> Agent of Change: A Brief History of the Black Church’s Diversity https://brewminate.com/agent-of-change-a-brief-history-of-the-black-churchs-diversity/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:35:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=200730 The Black church came about when African Americans began to establish their own congregations. Introduction With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and

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]]> How Civil Rights Leader Mary McLeod Bethune Sought to Unify the African Diaspora https://brewminate.com/how-civil-rights-leader-mary-mcleod-bethune-sought-to-unify-the-african-diaspora/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:05:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=235256 How an archivist came to see Bethune as a global figure. Introduction When I first landed an internship

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]]> Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Gave Dignity to the Black Experience in the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/poet-paul-laurence-dunbar-gave-dignity-to-the-black-experience-in-the-19th-century/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:02:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=203764 Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays, and musical lyrics. Introduction

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]]> The Black Women Soldiers Who Demanded Opportunities during World War II https://brewminate.com/the-black-women-soldiers-who-demanded-opportunities-during-world-war-ii/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:44:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=196164 Four women went on strike at Fort Devins to do skilled jobs instead of ‘maid work’. In late

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]]> Wo-Chi-Ca: A Summer Haven for Black Artists from the Early to Mid-20th Century https://brewminate.com/wo-chi-ca-a-summer-haven-for-black-artists-from-the-early-to-mid-20th-century/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:04:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=240072 Wo-Chi-Ca was born in 1935, catering mostly — but not exclusively — to children in the New York

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]]> William P. Powell Jr.: Pioneering Black Civil War Surgeon in the Union Army https://brewminate.com/william-p-powell-jr-pioneering-black-civil-war-surgeon-in-the-union-army/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:44:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=201346 Powell continued to practice medicine as a civilian. More than 180,000 African Americans—some free born, some escaped slaves—served

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