Grant won the office with the slogan, “Let Us Have Peace.” At the time of Ulysses S. Grant’s election...
Racism
The 1920s Klan, although founded in the South, was not exclusively southern. By David PietruszaIndependent Historian During...
Racial profiling constituted a fact of life for African Americans as long as there have been organized...
From Aristotle to Darwin, inaccurate and biased narratives in science reproduce these biases. Introduction Systemic racism and...
Contemporary gay life is marked by high levels of racism directed towards gay men of color. Introduction...
The racial implications of the 1964 campaign would linger for decades. Introduction “If we have to get...
Black South Carolinians sought justice in this 54-foot-long petition. In the wake of emancipation during the Civil...
The caste system was enforced not only by law, but by a widespread campaign of terror, known...
How the bombing and its aftermath affected Atlanta’s Jews and people of color fighting for civil rights....
Layers of federal and state regulations nominally intended to protect culturally significant sites didn’t work. Nobody working...
Racial hostility can produce symptoms similar to what soldiers experience as a result of going to war....
Insights into the lives of African Americans at Arlington and other plantations in the Upper South. The...
“We can’t solve this problem on our own, we need everybody working with us.” Among the headline...
How the Vietnam War was the impetus for extremist groups to gain new members. Introduction For decades,...
The school segregation issue was ripe for being brought to the first tier of social concerns. Introduction...
The story behind Douglass‘s only novella. Frederick Douglass is best known as an autobiographer and lecturer. His...
The jury weighed whether to believe a white man with questionable motivations or an uneducated black man....
Police brutality disproportionately affects Black communities, causing depression, anxiety and trauma. Introduction The release of footage showing...
Rev. Walker worked closely with King and would bring King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail to public attention....
We will celebrate even this day even when our country has a gap between its ideals and...
Within the first six months of the first session of the 88th Congress, over 100 civil rights...
Dr. King was a giant, but history is also made by ordinary people standing up for what’s...
The violence against African-Americans in Selma had a domino effect. Introduction Late in the afternoon of March...
Conservatives have a long history of contorting his words to further political goals at odds with his...
There are dozens of these groups on both sides of the Atlantic with martial names drawn from...
From the anti-slavery movement to civil rights, African Americans have defined freedom and shaped the American experience....
We must denounce white nationalism as the world is threatened by increasing political support for this ideology....
One of the saddest truths about eugenics is that it never went away. Introduction When A-level grades...
Textbooks in the early 20th century said Reconstruction was a gross error and black people needed to...
What was needed then – and in succeeding decades as political defeats – was to keep hope...