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Black girls exiting a school building accompanied by U.S. Marshalls.

First Day of School—1960, New Orleans

Leona Tate thought it must be Mardi Gras. Gail thought they were going to kill her.

via The Kitchen Sisters on November 12, 2019

The University of Texas’s Secret Strategy to Keep Out Black Students

Long-hidden documents show the school’s blueprint for slowing integration during the civil-rights era.

by Asher Price via The Atlantic on September 19, 2019

One Family’s Story of the Great Migration North

Bridgett M. Davis tracks her mother's journey from Nashville to Detroit.

by Bridgett M. Davis via Literary Hub on January 30, 2019

How Republicans Became Anti-Choice

The Republican Party used control of women’s bodies as political capital to shift the balance of power their way.

by Sue Halpern via New York Review of Books on October 31, 2018

Fresno’s Mason-Dixon Line

More than 50 years after redlining was outlawed, the legacy of discrimination can still be seen in California’s poorest large city.

by Reis Thebault via The Atlantic on August 20, 2018

When Government Drew the Color Line

A review of "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America."

by Jason DeParle via New York Review of Books on February 11, 2018

LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

What Everyone Gets Wrong About LBJ’s Great Society

It wasn't some radical left-wing pipedream. It was moderate; and it worked.

by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on January 28, 2018

Protestor outside the Supreme Court, with a Bible and a sign denouncing bigotry.

Discriminating in the Name of Religion? Segregationists and Slaveholders Did It, Too.

If religious freedom trumps equality under the law, it provides a “cover” that actually encourages discrimination.

by Tisa Wenger via Made By History on December 5, 2017

America’s Real Estate Developer in Chief

Donald Trump's rise to power was fueled by the profits of predatory real estate ventures.

by Thomas J. Sugrue via Public Books on November 27, 2017

Reagan signing the bill establishing Martin Luther King Day.

The Sanitizing of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks

On the uses and abuses of civil rights heroes.

by Jeanne Theoharis, Jeremy Scahill via The Intercept on October 8, 2017

What Richmond Has Gotten Right About Interpreting its Confederate History

Why hasn't Richmond faced the same controversies as New Orleans or Charlottesville?

by Kevin M. Levin via Smithsonian on May 18, 2017

Patterns Of Death In The South Still Show The Outlines Of Slavery

Blacks continue to die younger than people in other groups in the Black Belt.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester via FiveThirtyEight on April 20, 2017

Black Panther Women: The Unsung Activists Who Fed and Fought for Their Community

Judy Juanita on her novel 'Virgin Soul,' which incorporates her experiences as a Black Panther living in San Francisco.

by Lisa Hix, Judy Juanita via Collectors Weekly on December 2, 2016

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