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Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 22, 1956, two months after refusing to give up her seat in a bus for a White passenger.
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Pitting Rosa Parks Against Claudette Colvin Distorts History

A new documentary explores the origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott — with lessons on how we see movements.
by Jeanne Theoharis, Say Burgin via Made By History on October 19, 2022
Black-and-white collage style poster for the Jewish Museum

Fuzz! Junk! Rumble!

A show at the Jewish Museum surveys three eventful years of art, film, and performance in New York City—and the political upheavals that defined them.
by J. Hoberman via New York Review of Books on October 10, 2022
Congressional candidate and civil rights activist Julian Bond on primary election night in Atlanta, Georgia, surrounded by microphones.

Atlanta, Georgia, Was a Center of Anti-Apartheid Organizing

The common picture we get of the US South is one of resolute conservatism. But the region has a radical history, too.
by Zeb Larson via Jacobin on October 10, 2022
"Home of Fannie Lou Hamer" sign

The Local Politics of Fannie Lou Hamer

By age 44, most people are figuring out how to live and die peacefully. That was certainly not the case with sharecropper and hero Fannie Lou Hamer.
by Stefan M. Bradley via Black Perspectives on October 6, 2022

"Until I Am Free"

An online roundtable on a new biography of Fannie Lou Hamer.
by Danielle L. McGuire, Peniel E. Joseph, Rhonda Williams, Stefan M. Bradley via Black Perspectives on October 3, 2022
Cora Tyson, 99, stands by the historic marker in front of her home in St. Augustine, Fla., on July 15.

The Hatred These Black Women Can’t Forget as They Near 100 Years Old

Three veterans of the civil rights movement fought segregation in St. Augustine, Fla., enduring violence and racism in America’s oldest city.
by Martin Dobrow via Washington Post on August 28, 2022
Photograph of protesters at the 1963 March on Washington. Pictured are black and white protesters holding signs with messages about racial and economic justice.

You’ve Been Lied to About the 1963 March on Washington

It’s popularly remembered as a moderate demonstration. In fact, it was the culmination of a mass, working-class movement against racial and economic injustice.
by Shawn Gude, William P. Jones via Jacobin on August 28, 2022
Members of Jayland Walker's family stand beside a sign in tribute to him.
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Jayland Walker’s Killing Didn’t Spur Expected Protests. Here’s Why.

An effective media strategy has often been crucial to rallying the public behind Black victims of fatal violence.
by Kate L. Flach via Made By History on July 13, 2022
Pauli Murray, with a bookshelf and a cross behind her.

The Episcopal Saint Whose Journey For Social Justice Took Many Forms, From Sit-Ins To Priesthood

Pauli Murray, the first Black woman to be ordained by the Episcopal Church, was an advocate for women’s rights and racial justice.
by Sarah Azaransky via The Conversation on June 28, 2022
Black and white photo of Mavis Staples, looking upward, hands raised.

The Gospel According to Mavis Staples

A legendary singer on faith, loss, and a family legacy.
by David Remnick via The New Yorker on June 24, 2022

TV's Rural Craze & The Civil Rights Movement

At the same time that MLK was using TV to brand Southern sheriffs as obstacles to progress, a Southern sheriff was one of the medium's most beloved characters.
by Bijan Bayne via RogerEbert.com on June 21, 2022
Three Mississippi women, denied the right to go onto the House floor at the opening of the new Congress, stand Jan. 4, 1965, outside the Capitol. From left: Annie Devine, Fannie Lou Hamer and Victoria Gray.
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Remembering Past Harms is a Key First Step for Achieving Social Justice

Mississippi makes a move to confront a shameful episode from the past.
by Keisha N. Blain via Made By History on June 9, 2022
Picture of Donna Murch and her new book. (Photo by Don J. Usner)

The Long History of Resistance That Birthed Black Lives Matter

A conversation with historian Donna Murch about the past, present, and future of Black radical organizing.
by Elias Rodriques, Donna Murch via The Nation on May 24, 2022
Photograph of candles, bouquets and signs left at a memorial for the Buffalo Shooting victims, May 2022.
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The Buffalo Shooting Exposes How History Shapes the Present

This northern city was shaped by racial terrorism and persistent advocacy for Black liberation.
by Chad Williams via Made By History on May 17, 2022
Anti-abortion protestors and police in front of Supreme Court
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The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Powerful Use of Language Paid Off

Nearing an antiabortion victory five decades in the making.
by Jennifer L. Holland via Made By History on May 5, 2022
Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform, circa 1945.

Jackie Robinson’s Last Fight

As baseball celebrates the 75th anniversary of Robinson’s breaking the color line, it’s worth remembering a man at odds with his own myth.
by Dave Zirin via The Nation on April 15, 2022
Jackie Robinson addresses civil rights supporters protesting outside the 1964 GOP National Convention.

Jackie Robinson Was a Radical – Don't Listen to the Sanitized Version of History

Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson wrote, ‘I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a Black man in a white world.’
by Peter Dreier via The Conversation on April 14, 2022
The site in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered in 1964.

Burying a Burning

The killing of three civil-rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi, in 1964 changed America.
by Ko Bragg via The Atlantic on April 7, 2022
Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and Harry Belafonte near the podium at Montgomery March in 1965.

The “Radical” King and a Usable Past

On Martin Luther King's use of radical ideas to create an understanding of the history of America.
by Robert Greene II via Black Perspectives on April 4, 2022
Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, labeled "colored," in black and white.

Racism as Theory: A Historiography of White Supremacy Ideology

An overview of historical scholarship and socio-cultural developments in America to explain how racism became institutionalized against Black Americans.
by Bala James Baptiste via Black Perspectives on April 1, 2022
Man holding a poster of Malcolm X, African American Day Parade, 2010 in Harlem.

Malcolm X’s Gospel

A look into how Malcolm X employed gospel rhetoric to critique the mainstream civil rights movement for catering to white Christianity.
by Ellen McLarney via Black Perspectives on March 28, 2022
Cecil B. Moore, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP, speaks to people gathered at the Reyburn Plaza construction site for the Municipal Services building.

Northern Civil Rights and Republican Affirmative Action

One focus of the 1960s struggle for civil rights in the North were the construction industries of Philadelphia, New York and Cleveland.
by Thomas J. Sugrue, Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on March 28, 2022
CORE members march down Fort Hamilton Parkway.

CORE’s Struggle for Fair Housing Rights in LA

A brief history of how the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) led organized protests against racially-discriminatory housing in Los Angeles.
by M. Keith Claybrook Jr. via Black Perspectives on March 1, 2022
MLK waving at March on Washington

"I Have A Dream": Annotated

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic speech, annotated with relevant scholarship on the literary, political, and religious roots of his words.
by Martin Luther King Jr. via JSTOR Daily on February 28, 2022
Men wearing tuxedos carry a coffin and a "Here Lies Jim Crow" sign down a street as a demonstration against "Jim Crow" segregation laws in 1944.

No Quick Fixes: Working Class Politics From Jim Crow to the Present

Political scientist Adolph Reed Jr. discusses his new memoir.
by Adolph Reed Jr., Jon Queally via Common Dreams on February 1, 2022
MLK at microphone

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King

The King holiday is more than a time for reflection. It’s really a time for provocation.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via The Daily Princetonian on January 17, 2022
MLK receiving an honorary degree from the Free University, Amsterdam, October 20, 1956.

The International MLK

“The social revolution which is taking place in this country is not an isolated, detached phenomenon. It is part of a worldwide revolution that is taking place.”
by Robert Greene II via Black Perspectives on January 17, 2022
White police officers arresting Black children, 1963

Rescuing MLK and His Children's Crusade

A new book traces the tactics of groundbreaking lawyer Constance Baker Motley amid pivotal protests in Birmingham.
by Tomiko Brown-Nagin via Harvard Gazette on January 13, 2022
Billboard claiming MLK was a Republican

The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Politics have diluted King's dream.
by Andre E. Key via Religion Dispatches on January 13, 2022
"Impeach Earl Warren" billboard by the John Birch Society.

Rise of the Far-Right Ultras

A new book shows just how porous the dividing line has been between the far right and mainstream conservatism.
by Kim Phillips-Fein via The Nation on January 11, 2022
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