Ida B. Wells

How the push for statehood led a beacon of racial progress to oppression and violence.

The 1960s and 70s were a time of activism in the U.S., and therefore a fertile time for campus newspapers and the alternative press.

The United States’ unofficial anthem, a hymn of love of country.

Saidiya Hartman’s "Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments" is a strike against the archives’ silence regarding the lives of Black women in the shadow of slavery.

Mabel Wilson discusses the history of racial violence and the continued vandalism and destruction of Black historical memorials in the Deep South.

A look at how the word, a surprisingly recent addition to the English lexicon, made its way into the dictionary.

Eugene Debs’s unswerving commitment to democracy and internationalism was born out of his revulsion at the tyranny of industrial capitalism.

How today's protests are struggling to reclaim the vision of the great abolitionist leader.

How a monument that championed black sacrifice in the name of emancipation was forgotten.

How allies abroad help the fight against racism at home.

How government commissions became alibis for inaction.

"The problem is the way policing was built," historian Khalil Muhammad says.

As people have gathered across the country to oppose police violence, they have targeted statues, monuments, and buildings commemorating white supremacy.

For two centuries, black women have linked their ballot access to the human rights of all.

A new book chronicles the twists and turns of the 75-year-path to securing the vote for women.

White racial violence in America has never been a random collection of individual or unrelated crimes of passion against minorities.

Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror.

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

How three late 19th century equality movements failed to promote equality.

The assault rifle has enabled racists to act alone.