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Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Sexual Orientation?

Fifty-five years ago, a congressman made a single addition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that changed everything.

by Todd S. Purdum via The Atlantic on April 26, 2019

Unnamed Black girl.

An Unnamed Girl, a Speculative History

What a photograph reveals about the lives of young black women at the turn of the century.

by Saidiya Hartman via The New Yorker on February 9, 2019

Malcolm X.

The Missing Malcolm X

Our understanding of Malcolm X is inextricably linked to his autobiography, but newly discovered materials force us to reexamine his legacy.

by Garrett Felber via Boston Review on November 28, 2018

Black-and-white television still of man in front of a row of masks of himself, lighting a cigarette for one of them.

Did the Creator of 'The Twilight Zone' Plagiarize Ray Bradbury?

Either way, Rod Serling definitely pissed him off.

by Emily Temple via Literary Hub on October 2, 2018

Photo of young woman looking at camera in blue-walled room. Above her an image of Jesus Christ is framed. Through the room's window a shirtless man can be seen on a porch, also facing the camera

Left Behind

J.D. Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" and Steven Stoll's "Ramp Hollow" both remind us that the history of poor and migratory people in Appalachia is a difficult story to tell.

by Nancy Isenberg via New York Review of Books on June 28, 2018

Open books.

James Baldwin: ‘I Did Not Want to Weep for Martin, Tears Seemed Futile’

In memory of Martin Luther King Jr, a look back on his funeral.

by Jason Sokol via Literary Hub on April 4, 2018

Cancer and Captivity: Reflections on Affliction in Puritan and Modern Times

It seemed to me that the conditions of cancer and captivity shared physical, emotional, and spiritual correspondences.

by Zabelle Stodola via Commonplace on November 21, 2017

How Nixon Would Have Tweeted Watergate

What President Richard Nixon’s Twitter account might have looked like during Watergate, had social media existed in the 1970s.

by Justin Sherin via Politico Magazine on June 24, 2017

Soldiers around tanks on the street.

Want to Understand the 1992 LA Riots? Start with the 1984 LA Olympics

The causes were many, but police brutality and economic insecurity were supercharged in Los Angeles after the 1984 Olympics.

by Dave Zirin via The Nation on April 30, 2012

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