Tulsa to Search for Mass Graves From the Race Massacre of 1921
During the pogrom, a white mob killed an estimated 300 black Tulsans. According to eyewitnesses, the dead are buried in unmarked mass graves in Greenwood
Tracing the Mysterious “Turks” of South Carolina Back to the Revolutionary War
For generations, this ethnic group was shunned, but new research sheds light on its origins
Fifty Years Ago, “Star Trek” Aired TV’s First Interracial Kiss
For actress Nichelle Nichols, the first black woman to have a continuing co-starring role on TV, it was the beginning of a lifelong career in activism
A Memorial Sign to Emmett Till Was Defaced With Four Bullet Holes
This is the third time the marker of the African-American boy’s brutal torture and murder in Mississippi in 1955 has been vandalized
The Justice Department Has Reopened Its Investigation into the Murder of Emmett Till
A report states that the department received “new information” connected to the case
Racism Kept Connecticut’s Beaches White Up Through the 1970s
By bussing black kids from Hartford to the shore, Ned Coll took a stand against the bigotry of “armchair liberals”
Daisy Kadibil’s Story of Escape Called Attention to the “Stolen Generations” of Aboriginal Australians
Kadibil, who died at the age of 95, had her incredible odyssey recounted in the acclaimed 2002 film ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’
David Goldblatt, the South African Photographer Who Documented Life Under Apartheid, Has Died at 87
He did not rush to the frontlines of violent events, but instead photographed everyday scenes of racial discrimination
Einstein’s Travel Diaries Reveal His Deeply Troubling Views on Race
“It would be a pity if these Chinese supplant all other races,” the iconic scientist writes
![No photos of Cole survive. Shown here is an anatomy lecture taught by pioneering female physician Elizabeth Blackwell at the Woman's Medical College of New York Infirmary, which she founded. Cole was the resident physician at the infirmary and later a sanitary visitor at Blackwell's Tenement House Service. Blackwell described Cole as “an intelligent young coloured physician [who] carried on this work with tact and care.”](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/ZbGhwDSb5-cLLaK51K_vcTSQB-o=/450x300/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2a/57/2a57c574-d756-4989-8aff-bc6596e50b9e/lesliesanatomyroom.jpg)
The Woman Who Challenged the Idea that Black Communities Were Destined for Disease
A physician and activist, Rebecca J. Cole became a leading voice in medical social services
Victims of Rwandan Genocide Identified in Newly Discovered Mass Graves
The discovery comes almost a quarter century after the genocide occurred
The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That
In an era of personalized medicine, not including minorities in genetic studies has real-world health impacts
Five Things to See at Alabama’s New Memorial to Lynching Victims
The memorial, along with a new museum, exposes America’s fraught legacy of racial violence from slavery to lynchings to mass incarceration
A Statue of a Doctor Who Experimented on Enslaved People Was Removed From Central Park
The discussion over the memorialization of James Marion Sims offers the opportunity to remember his victims
Science Still Bears the Fingerprints of Colonialism
Western science long relied on the knowledge and exploitation of colonized peoples. In many ways, it still does
A New Memorial Remembers the Thousands of African-Americans Who Were Lynched
Next month’s opening of the monument in Alabama will be a necessary step in reckoning with America’s deadly past
How I Learned About the “Cult of the Lost Cause”
The mayor of New Orleans offers his reading list for anyone looking to better understand the real history of Confederate monuments
The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But Nobody Listened
Released 50 years ago, the infamous report found that poverty and institutional racism were driving inner-city violence
Meet the Newly Named 86 Stars of the Night Sky
The new names are drawn from China, Australia, South Africa, Maya, Polynesian and Coptic traditions
The YMCA First Opened Gyms to Train Stronger Christians
Physical fitness was a secondary goal for the movement
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