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Malcolm X.

The Missing Malcolm X

Our understanding of Malcolm X is inextricably linked to his autobiography, but newly discovered materials force us to reexamine his legacy.
by Garrett Felber via Boston Review on November 28, 2018

MLK: What We Lost

50 years after King's death, his image has been transformed and stripped of its radicalism.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via New York Review of Books on October 18, 2018

David Porter Takes Us to School

The man who wrote "Soul Man" gives a master class on how code-switching through music helped catalyze the Civil Rights Movement.
by Tonyaa Weathersbee via The Bitter Southerner on October 16, 2018

Catching Up to Pauli Murray

From today's vantage, the remarkable achievements of the writer and social justice activist are finally coming into focus.
by Drew Gilpin Faust via New York Review of Books on October 5, 2018

We Really Still Need Howard Zinn

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on why it's so important to tell the stories of people who have fueled social justice movements.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via Literary Hub on September 27, 2018

50 Years Ago, Progressive Delegates Commandeered the Democratic Convention

The surprise vice presidential nomination of Julian Bond suddenly turned the televised discussion to poverty, racism, and war.
by John Nichols via The Nation on August 29, 2018

Aretha Franklin’s Revolution

The soul singer was an architect of the civil-rights movement as much as a witness to it.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on August 16, 2018
Black and white girls in a classroom.

The Secret Network of Black Teachers Behind the Fight for Desegregation

African American educators became the ‘hidden provocateurs’ who spearheaded the push for racial justice in education.
by Vanessa Siddle Walker, Melinda D. Anderson via The Atlantic on August 9, 2018
The Rev. William Barber, the Rev. Liz Theoharis, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson gather outside of the U.S. Capitol during a Poor People’s Campaign rally in June, 2018.

The Social Gospel Roots of the American Religious Left

A review of Gary Dorrien's new book, “Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel.”
by Vanessa Cook via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on July 31, 2018

The Urgency of a Third Reconstruction

The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment marked a turning point in U.S. history. Yet 150 years later, its promises remain unfulfilled.
by Robert Greene II via Dissent on July 9, 2018

Kevin Kruse vs. Dinesh D'Souza: Dixiecrat Edition

A conservative pundit questioned the prevalence of Dixiecrats switching to the GOP. Historian Kevin Kruse accepted the challenge.
by Kevin M. Kruse via Twitter on July 2, 2018

A Cool Dip & A Little Dignity

In 1961, two African-American men decided to go swimming at a whites-only Nashville pool. In response, the city closed all its public pools — for three years.
by Erin E. Tocknell via The Bitter Southerner on July 2, 2018

How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman

Wilma Rudolph won three Olympic golds and was among the first athletes to use her celebrity to fight for civil rights.
by Kate Siber via Outside on June 8, 2018
MLK with rabbi and bishop at Arlington Cemetery

Exploding Myths About 'Black Power, Jewish Politics'

Marc Dollinger argues that the conventional wisdom of Black and Jewish harmony during the civil rights era is flawed. The real story has lessons for today.
by Marc Dollinger, Leah Donnella via NPR on June 4, 2018

The Defiant Ones

As young girls, they fought the fierce battle to integrate America’s schools half a century ago.
by Amy Crawford via Smithsonian on June 1, 2018
James Baldwin.

The Forgotten Baldwin

Baldwin demands that the Atlanta child murders be more than a mere media spectacle or crime story, and that black lives matter.
by Joseph Vogel via Boston Review on May 14, 2018
Reverend William J. Barber II leads a Moral Mondays rally in New York, 2015.
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Shaping a New Poor People’s Campaign

Rather than seeking a national solution, activists are taking to states across America to combat the deep roots of poverty.
by Gordon Mantler via Made By History on May 14, 2018
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Resurrection City, 2.0

A generation ago, historians dismissed the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968. On the eve of a reboot, we can see it in a different light.
by Marisa Chappell on May 12, 2018

80 Days That Changed America

Fifty years later, Bobby Kennedy’s passionate, inspiring, and tragic presidential campaign still fascinates.
by Joan Walsh via The Nation on April 23, 2018

King's Death Gave Birth to Hip-Hop

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. led directly to hip-hop, an era that is often contrasted with his legacy.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on April 8, 2018

Martin Luther King: How a Rebel Leader Was Lost to History

Fifty years after his death, King is a national treasure in the US. But what happened to his revolutionary legacy?
by Gary Younge via The Guardian on April 4, 2018
Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux.

New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King

Elder Michaux, a popular black evangelist, aided the bureau's campaign to destroy King's reputation.
by Lerone A. Martin via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on April 3, 2018

When the Revolution Was Televised

MLK was a master television producer, but the networks had a narrow view of what the black struggle for equality could look like.
by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on April 1, 2018

Why Take Student Protests Seriously? Look at Linda Brown

Her death is a useful reminder that students have often served on the political front lines.
by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on April 1, 2018
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at podium giving "I Have A Dream" speech.

Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Much More Radical Message than a Dream of Racial Brotherhood

King Jr., remembered today for his non-violent resistance, was a radical reformer who called for fundamental redistribution of economic power and resources.
by Paul Harvey via The Conversation on March 30, 2018

Baldwin’s Lonely Country

After MLK's assassination, James Baldwin attempted to reconcile the divide between the civil rights movement and Black Power.
by Ed Pavlic via Boston Review on March 29, 2018

The United States & 'The Young and Fearless of Heart'

The March for Our Lives organizers are not an anomaly, but follow in a long tradition of youth activism in America.
by Glenn David Brasher via History Headlines on March 25, 2018

What Gun-Control Activists Can Learn From the Civil-Rights Movement

The success of the 1963 March on Washington hinged on a confluence of factors that aren't yet present for demonstrators today.
by Julian E. Zelizer via The Atlantic on March 23, 2018

Still a Long Time Coming

Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights.
by Elias Rodriques via The Nation on March 21, 2018
Panel of speakers promoting divestment from apartheid South Africa.

On the Limits of Boycotts as a Political Tool

As businesses are pressured to abandon the NRA, one scholar looks at the efficacy of boycotts past.
by Jessica Ann Levy via Black Perspectives on March 14, 2018
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