Bomb Threats Didn’t Stop Lady Bird’s Fight for Civil Rights
Lady Bird Johnson was a committed supporter of the Civil Rights Movement, in word and deed, touring the country to speak against racism
Hollywood Loved Sammy Davis Jr. Until He Dated a White Movie Star
A decade before the Supreme Court ruled in favor of interracial marriage, the Rat Packer risked losing his career—and his life
Brooklyn Museum’s ‘Legacy of Lynching’ Exhibition Confronts Racial Terror
Video testimony and research findings supplement selections from the museum’s holdings
William R. Maples Popularized Forensic Anthropology Long Before CSI
Maples worked on a number of high-profile cases that helped to bring the field of forensic anthropology to prominence
Understanding Detroit’s 1967 Upheaval 50 Years Later
For five days in July, the Motor City was under siege from looters and soldiers alike
Artifacts Show the Sometimes-Violent Nature of American Democracy
From a KKK hood to an anti-Chinese pistol, a new exhibition shows America’s fraught history of deciding who to include in democracy
The Thrilling Tale of How Robert Smalls Seized a Confederate Ship and Sailed it to Freedom
He risked his life to liberate his family and became a legend in the process
First-Ever Roma Cultural Institution Opens in Europe
It’s a step toward cultural inclusion for Europe’s largest minority group
What Hattie McDaniel Said About Her Oscar-Winning Career Playing Racial Stereotypes
Hattie McDaniel saw herself as a groundbreaker for black Americans
The “Nobel Prize Sperm Bank” Was Racist. It Also Helped Change the Fertility Industry
The Repository for Germinal Choice was supposed to produce super-kids from the sperm of white high achievers
What Richmond Has Gotten Right About Interpreting Its Confederate History
And why it hasn’t faced the same controversy as New Orleans or Charlottesville
Belle Boyd, Civil War Spy
The so-called “Siren of Shenandoah” stole weapons and carried letters in service to the Confederacy
Racism Harms Children’s Health, Survey Finds
Racism may not be a disease, exactly. But a growing body of research finds that it has lasting physical and mental effects on its victims
How African-Americans Disappeared From the Kentucky Derby
Black jockeys won more than half of the first 25 runnings of the Kentucky Derby. Then they started losing their jobs
What Was the Protest Group Students for a Democratic Society? Five Questions Answered
Todd Gitlin, former president of Students for a Democratic Society, shares his perspective on protest in the 60s and now
New Orleans Tears Down Controversial Confederate Monuments
A 35-foot obelisk in memory of a white supremacist uprising is no more
Billie Holiday’s Label Wouldn’t Touch ‘Strange Fruit’
The emotive song about lynching in the American South is both a classic and a warning
These Photos Offer a Glimpse Into the Racial Politics of the 1950s South
Before he became a sports photographer, John G. Zimmerman captured a past that feels all too present
Sneak Peek: The Lost Tapes: LA Riots
On April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted into chaos after four white LAPD officers were acquitted for beating African-American motorist Rodney King
The Horrible Fate of John Casor, The First Black Man to be Declared Slave for Life in America
Black people in early America weren’t slaves. After this lawsuit, they could be
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