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White Supremacy in the Academy: The 1913 Meeting of the American Historical Association

The historical interpretations crafted by the men of the Dunning School might now be largely discredited and discarded. But their legacies remain.

by Bradley D. Proctor via The Activist History Review on December 6, 2019

The cover of Cynthia A. Kierner's "Inventing Disaster," which depicts a shipwreck during a storm.

On Inventing Disaster

The culture of calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood.

by Cynthia Kierner, Anna Faison via UNC Press Blog on November 20, 2019

An Attempt to Resegregate Little Rock, of All Places

A battle over local control in a city that was the face of integration shows the extent of the new segregation problem in the U.S.

by Adam Harris via The Atlantic on October 22, 2019

The Ghosts of Elaine, Arkansas, 1919

In America’s bloody history of racial violence, the little-known Elaine Massacre may rank as the deadliest.

by Jerome B. Karabel via New York Review of Books on September 30, 2019

UVA and the History of Race: When the KKK flourished in Charlottesville

Charlottesville and the UVA were enthusiastic participants in the national resurgence of public and celebratory white supremacy.

by Ashley Schmidt, Kirt von Daacke via UVA Today on September 25, 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

On Eric Garner, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Police Brutality as American Tradition

“¿DEFACEMENT?,” Inspired by the 1983 Police Murder of Michael Stewart.

by Johanna F. Almiron via Literary Hub on September 13, 2019

Remembering The Red Summer 100 Years Later

Why it matters what language we use to describe what happened in 1919.

by David F. Krugler via HNN on August 4, 2019

Political cartoon of Columbia giving the Civil Rights bill to a Black man.

What Are These Civil Rights Laws?

The context and aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to kill the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

by Daniel Brook via Lapham’s Quarterly on June 27, 2019

The Black Woman Who Launched The Modern Fight For Reparations

Her grass-roots efforts shaped the conversation and presented a path forward.

by Ashley D. Farmer via Made by History on June 24, 2019

Balancing the Ledger on Juneteenth

The reparations debate highlights what Juneteenth is about: freedom and demanding accountability for past and present wrongs.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on June 19, 2019

How Cars Transformed Policing

Most communities barely had a police force and citizens shared responsibility for enforcing laws. Then the car changed everything.

by Sarah A. Seo via Boston Review on June 3, 2019

How a Series of Jail Rebellions Rocked New York—and Woke a City

It has been nearly 50 years since New York’s jails erupted in protest, but the lessons of that era feel more relevant than ever.

by Heather Ann Thompson via The Nation on March 21, 2019

Graphic symbolizing a college stopping African Americans from entering the door.

What We Get Wrong About Affirmative Action

The lawsuit against Harvard forces us to talk about Asian Americans' role in the racial equity debate.

via Vox on December 10, 2018

Prisons and Class Warfare

A look at the evolution of the prison system in California.

by Clement Petitjean, Ruth Wilson Gilmore via Historical Materialism on July 30, 2018

How a Pivotal Voting Rights Act Case Broke America

In the five years since the landmark decision, the Supreme Court has set the stage for a new era of white hegemony.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on July 10, 2018

The Last Words of Robert F. Kennedy

Until his last breath, RFK insisted that Americans confront their country’s shortcomings—and live up to its potential.

by Conor Friedersdorf via The Atlantic on June 5, 2018

Beachgoers speaking to a police officer.

Free the Beach

How seaside towns throughout the northeast limited the ability of ‘undesirables’ to access public beaches.

by Andrew W. Kahrl via Boston Review on May 21, 2018

The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing

A new documentary on Michael Brown comes just in time.

by Khalil Gibran Muhammad via The Nation on May 17, 2018

Reverend William J. Barber II leads a Moral Mondays rally in New York, 2015.

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

Demonstrators hold a painting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump outside a Trump rally in Phoenix, Arizona, August 22, 2017.

American Democracy Has Faced Worse Threats Than Donald Trump

The golden age of American politics was illiberal, undemocratic, and bloody.

by Ezra Klein via Vox on May 10, 2018

The mugshot of James Earl Ray next to a picture of Martin Luther King Jr.

Who Killed Martin Luther King Jr.? His Family Believes James Earl Ray Was Framed.

Coretta Scott King described “a major, high-level conspiracy in the assassination of my husband.” The King children remain certain of that, too.

by Tom Jackman via Retropolis on March 30, 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

Pushing the Dual Emancipation Thesis Beyond its Troublesome Origins

"Masterless Men" shows how poor whites benefited from slavery's end, but does not diminish the experiences of the enslaved.

by Adrienne Petty via Black Perspectives on March 8, 2018

Voices in Time: Horror Movie Scene-Setting

The author of 'High-Risers' revisits 'Candyman,' in which public housing is the greatest horror of all.

by Ben Austen via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 1, 2018

Painting of a slave auction.

Teaching Hard History

A new study suggests that high school students lack a basic knowledge of the role slavery played in shaping the United States.

via Southern Poverty Law Center on January 31, 2018

The People's Grocery Lynching, Memphis, Tennessee

Thomas Moss’ lynching, like many others in the South, was a punishment for becoming an economic competitor to whites.

by Damon Mitchell via JSTOR Daily on January 24, 2018

Bad Boys

How “Cops” became the most polarizing reality TV show in America.

by Tim Stelloh via The Marshall Project on January 22, 2018

How to Build a Segregated City

How can adjacent neighborhoods in the same city be so drastically unequal?

by Colette Shade via Splinter on January 19, 2018

Sick and Tired

Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most important civil rights icons. But her health issues show that racism isn't just a social disease, it's a physical one.

by Coshanda Dillard via Folks on January 19, 2018

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