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Kings of the Confederate Road

Two writers — one black, one white — journey to Selma, Alabama, in search of "Southern heritage." This is their dialogue. 
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Tad Bartlett via The Bitter Southerner on November 28, 2017
A man being arrested by an LAPD officer outside of a Mexican restaurant.

The Year 1960

City developers, RAND Corps dropouts, Latino activists—and Lena Horne, taking direct action against racism in Beverley Hills.
by Mike Davis via New Left Review on November 15, 2017

Asthma and the Civil Rights Movement

Unraveling the connections between public health and civil rights in 1960s New Orleans.
by Ijeoma Cola via Books, Health and History on November 2, 2017

The Road to Charlottesville Runs Through Americus, Georgia

While Trump's response was unprecedented, the inclination to highlight violence on the Left – especially from black Americans – is not.
by Ansley L. Quiros via The Activist History Review on October 6, 2017

The Long History of Black Women's Exclusion in Historic Marches in Washington

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.
by Ashley D. Farmer via Black Perspectives on October 4, 2017

Civil-Rights Protests Have Never Been Popular

Activists can’t persuade their contemporaries—they’re aiming at the next generation.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic on October 3, 2017

Why Students Are Ignorant About The Civil Rights Movement

Mississippi’s outdated textbooks teach an abbreviated version of civil rights, undermining the state’s new ‘innovative’ standards.
by Sierra Mannie via The Hechinger Report on October 1, 2017

Before Trump vs. the NFL, There was Jackie Robinson vs. JFK

Years after he integrated the MLB, Robinson publicly badgered John F. Kennedy on civil rights.
by Steven Levingston via Retropolis on September 24, 2017
Mavis Staples singing on stage, head back and hand raised.

Mavis Staples on Prince, Trump, Black Lives Matter, and Her Exercise Regimen

Mavis Staples' lyrics span from the civil-rights-era to today's societal issues.
by Mavis Staples, Elon Green via The New Yorker on September 11, 2017
Baseball card featuring Clem Daniels.

This Football Player Fought for Civil Rights in the '60s

Here's what he thinks about national anthem protests.
by Clem Daniels, Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on September 8, 2017

Heather Heyer Is Part of a Long Tradition of White Anti-Racism Activists

Like the abolitionists of yesteryear, white Americans who oppose racial oppression deserve to be remembered and emulated.
by Manisha Sinha via Washington Post on August 19, 2017
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' clash with counter-protesters at the Unite the Right rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, VA.
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When White Supremacists Strike, Police Don’t Always Strike Back

The long history of law enforcement's complicity in the affairs of right-wing insurgents.
by Dan Berger via Made By History on August 18, 2017
Confederate rally.

The Book that Explains Charlottesville

The University of Virginia has long been a bastion of white supremacy and white supremacy–validating scholarship.
by Marshall Steinbaum via Boston Review on August 14, 2017
A Black man speaks as other protesters stand around him.

White Milwaukee Lied to Itself for Decades, and in 1967 the Truth Came Out

When the Long Hot Summer came to Wisconsin, the reality of race relations was impossible to ignore.
by Syreeta McFadden via Timeline on August 2, 2017
Children march in a "silent protest" parade in New York city.

One Hundred Years After the Silent Parade

Here's what we've learned about mass protests since the 1917 Silent Parade.
by Isabel Wilkerson, Synclaire Cruel via PBS NewsHour on July 29, 2017
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How a Stroke of the Pen Changed the Army Forever

The most important civil rights achievement didn't come from Congress or the Court. It came from Harry Truman.
by Cornelius L. Bynum via Made By History on July 26, 2017

The Incredible Lost History of How “Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom”

Why the policies of the Federal Reserve were a central focus for the civil rights movement.
by Jon Schwarz via The Intercept on July 17, 2017
Cartoon panel of a man with a typewriter and a Department of Justice logo on the wall

They’ve Always Been Watching Us

From COINTELPRO to the NSA’s surveillance program, the US Government has been keeping a close watch on the American Left for a long time.
by Andy Warner, Jess Parker via The Nib on July 10, 2017
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The Civil Rights Act was a Victory Against Racism. But Racists Also Won.

The bill unleashed a poisonous idea: that America had defeated racism.
by Ibram X. Kendi via Made By History on July 2, 2017

The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil Rights

In dismantling Obamacare and slashing Medicaid, Republicans would strike a blow against signature victories for racial equality in America.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on June 27, 2017
A crowd celebrates the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state house.

Bree Newsome Reflects On Taking Down South Carolina's Confederate Flag Two Years Ago

"Removing the flag in South Carolina was one thing, but racism exists in South Carolina as policy and social practice."
by Bree Newsome, Lottie Joiner via Vox on June 27, 2017

Remembering the 'Overshadowed' Civil Rights Protest That Desegregated Gulf Coast Beaches

A project commemorating an often-overlooked civil-rights milestone recently received the Knight Cities Challenge prize.
by Lily Rothman via TIME on June 16, 2017

Here's the Real History Behind Arizona's Confederate Monuments

It has less to do with the state's role in the Civil War, and more to do with backlash to the Civil Rights movement.
by Antonia Noori Farzan via Phoenix New Times on June 7, 2017

The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee

For talented black spellers in the 1960s, the segregated local spelling bee was the beginning of the long road to Washington, D.C.
by Cynthia R. Greenlee via Longreads on June 5, 2017

The Many Lives of Pauli Murray

She was an architect of the civil-rights struggle-and the women's movement. Why haven't you heard of her?
by Kathryn Schulz via The New Yorker on April 17, 2017
Left, a young Emmett Till. Right, Carolyn Bryant with her two young sons at Till's murder trial, 1955.

How Author Timothy Tyson Found the Woman at the Center of the Emmett Till Case

The woman whose testimony was central to the infamous case admits feeling 'tender sorrow.'
by Sheila Weller via Vanity Fair on January 26, 2017
Jo Ann Robinson's mug shot.

This Unheralded Woman Actually Organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Jo Ann Robinson is unfortunately overlooked by history.
by Keisha N. Blain via Timeline on January 19, 2017
Black women raising the Black power fist.

Black Panther Women: The Unsung Activists Who Fed and Fought for Their Community

Judy Juanita on her novel 'Virgin Soul,' which incorporates her experiences as a Black Panther living in San Francisco.
by Lisa Hix, Judy Juanita via Collectors Weekly on December 2, 2016
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Rosa Parks and the Power of Oneness

Rosa Parks shook the world of Jim Crow by refusing to give up her seat to a white man on her way home from work.
by Peter Feuerherd, Barry Schwartz via JSTOR Daily on December 1, 2016
Floyd B. McKissick and Kimp Talley stand in front of a tall sign that reads "Soul City."
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Soul City

In the 1960s, civil rights activist Floyd McKissick successfully sold President Nixon on an idea of a black built, black-owned community in North Carolina.
via BackStory on November 17, 2016
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