Breaking News! History in the Making
Reopening the Emmett Till Case Is a Cynical Play
Whose justice is served by reopening the Emmett Till case?
How Enslaved Chefs Helped Shape American Cuisine
The southern United Stated is known for both its food and hospitality, both of which can be traced to slavery.
Black Suffrage: Slavery, citizenship, and securing the right to vote in Wisconsin
Descendants of slaves continue their long fight for voter rights in Wisconsin.
Witness a history of racial injustice at two new museums in Alabama and Mississippi
This article is about the anti-lynching and racial injustice museums opening across the country, most notably The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi.
America’s nonviolent civil rights movement was considered uncivil by critics at the time
The backlash to the current fight for civil rights for immigrants, people of color, sex workers, and other marginalized groups mirror the backlash from demonstrators of the Civil Rights era. This article elaborates on the response then and today.
My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader
Nigerian slave trade results in Igbo Landing mass suicide in 1803.
West Point gets first Black superintendent in 216-year history
Gen. Darryl A. Williams, becomes the first black officer to command West Point in its 216-year history.
Confronting Implicit Bias in the New York Police Department
Police departments across the country are undergoing implicit bias trainings; this article describes some of the information surrounding the trainings.
In Texas, a Decades-Old Hate Crime, Forgiven but Never Forgotten
On the 20th anniversary of Jasper, Texas hate crime family has forgiven but not forgotten.
On a Path to Expand the View of Blackness
Seniors from Yale interview and collect stories of other students, athletes, and family members about blackness in 2018.
Hidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls
Children and youth were an important group during the Civil Rights movement. Often times, this group is not discussed in relation to the movement, and this article touches on some of the times youth organized.
3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
3 Black senators introduce bill to make lynching a federal hate crime. Representative Leonidas Dyer of Missouri sponsored an anti-lynching bill that was thwarted by Southern Democrats in the 1920s.
Juneteenth and the future of Milwaukee
American descendants of slaves have celebrated Juneteenth for 153 years, but freedom remains elusive for many.
How the 14th Amendment’s Promise of Birthright Citizenship Redefined America
The 14th Amendment was ratified 150 years ago. Here’s how it attempted to stop plans to make the U.S. a white man’s country.
NAACP sues Connecticut over ‘prison gerrymandering’
The suit coming from the NAACP is part of larger effort to fight practices that the NAACP argues are attempts to suppress minority voting via prison-based gerrymandering.
More police, criminalization and gang suppression will not end homelessness in San Francisco
This article is written about homelessness and wealth inequality in San Francisco and the way homelessness has been criminalized and is being policed.
Queer Love in Color
This article from the New York Times contains intimate interviews and photographs of black, queer couples.
Monticello recognizes the rest of Thomas Jefferson’s children
“President Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings’ children. Therefore, Monticello, where they lived and worked, is now as much the family home of my Hemings cousins and all the other slave descendants as it is mine,” says Jefferson’s 6th great-grandson.
Hidden portraits: African American life gets a spotlight
This article describes the photographs of unknown African Americans from the 20th century that are being displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
