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Three Black men in a field wearing Baltimore Black Sox uniforms.

Bill Bruton’s Fight for the Full Integration of Baseball

Louis Moore discusses Bill Bruton and the erasure of his activism towards integration in Major League Baseball.

by Louis Moore via Black Perspectives on May 9, 2019

Maligned in Black and White

Southern newspapers played a major role in racial violence. Do they owe their communities an apology?

by Mark I. Pinsky via Poynter on May 8, 2019

Here’s How Deep Biden’s Busing Problem Runs

And why the Democrats can’t use it against him.

by Brett Gadsden via Politico Magazine on May 5, 2019

Hate in the Air

Newly released recordings of 'Citizens’ Council Radio Forum' show white supremacy’s evolution through the civil rights era.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on April 23, 2019

"Fleet" Walker (middle row, far left) poses with Oberlin College's first varsity baseball team in 1881. Walker went on to become the first African American major leaguer.

The First African American Major League Baseball Player Isn’t Who You Think

As the country celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, let’s consider the career of Fleet Walker.

by Ronald G. Shafer via Retropolis on April 15, 2019

Thomas J. Sugrue on History’s Hard Lessons

On why he became a public thinker, the relationship between race and class, and his work in light of new histories of capitalism.

by Destin Jenkins, Thomas J. Sugrue via Public Books on April 2, 2019

People stand outside the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham.

The American Church's Complicity in Racism

On the many moments when white Christians could have interceded on behalf of racial justice, but did not.

by Jemar Tisby, Eric C. Miller via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on April 2, 2019

Rod Serling at the typewriter, at his Westport, Connecticut, home in 1956.

An Early Run-In With Censors Led Rod Serling to 'The Twilight Zone'

His failed attempts to bring the Emmett Till tragedy to television forced him to get creative.

by Jackie Mansky via Smithsonian on April 1, 2019

Remembering Emmett Till

The ruins of a country store suggest that locals have neglected the memory of Emmett Till’s murder.

by Dave Tell via Places Journal on April 1, 2019

Religious Cult, Force for Civil Rights, or Both?

Examining the life of Father Divine, the black preacher who called for the destruction of racial separation and claimed to be God.

by Adam Morris via Literary Hub on March 28, 2019

Ilhan Omar

What Support for Ilhan Omar Tells Us About the Left

The rising tie between black activism and pro-Palestinian advocacy.

by Maha Nassar via Made By History on March 14, 2019

Martin Luther King Jr. criticizes the Vietnam war at a speech at University of Minnesota in 1967.

Centrism and Moderation? No Thanks.

In times of moral crisis, everyone picks a side — even those proclaiming neutrality.

by April Holm via Made By History on February 27, 2019

Uncovering the Truth About a Raid on the Black Panthers

How a team of lawyers exposed lies about police violence.

by Flint Taylor via Literary Hub on February 25, 2019

The Surprising History of Americans Sharing Books

A visual exploration of how a critical piece of social infrastructure came to be.

by Ariel Aberg-Riger via CityLab on February 19, 2019

The Assassination of Fred Hampton

The young Civil Rights activist was killed in the dead of night by police and the FBI. Who was Fred Hampton?

by Mariah-Rose Marie M via The Nib on February 15, 2019

Poster for minstrelsy cake walk

The Faces of Racism

A history of blackface and minstrelsy in American culture.

via BackStory on February 8, 2019

Lightning Struck

How an Atlanta neighborhood died on the altar of Super Bowl dreams.

by Max Blau via The Bitter Southerner on January 22, 2019

Martin Luther King Jr. speaking into news microphones.

MLK Warned Us of the Well-Intentioned Liberal

Dr. King did not compromise on racial justice. Neither should we.

by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, William J. Barber II via The Nation on January 18, 2019

The Tragic Story of the Man Who Led the Occupation of Alcatraz

A new book traces the role of Richard Oakes in the turbulent but transformative civil rights era of the 1960s and '70s.

by Dina Gilio-Whitaker via Los Angeles Times on January 10, 2019

Traveling While Negro

In the days of Jim Crow segregation, the "Green Book" that listed locations friendly to black travelers was essential to many.

by Cynthia Tucker via The Bitter Southerner on January 8, 2019

1968: Soul Music and the Year of Black Power

The summer's hit songs offered a glimpse into the changing views of Black America.

by Mark Anthony Neal via Black Perspectives on December 31, 2018

Southern Baptist Convention’s Flagship Seminary Details Its Racist, Slave-Owning Past

"We are living in an age of historical reckoning," said Southern Baptist leader R. Albert Mohler Jr.

by Marisa Iati via Washington Post on December 12, 2018

Black Cross Nurses parade through Harlem in 1922.

And the Women Shall Lead Us

A new book shows how women's leadership in black nationalist movements has always been hidden in plain sight.

by Stephen G. Hall via Public Books on December 3, 2018

Trump among a group of people with heads bowed in prayer.

Evangelicalism and Politics

Four historians weigh in on evangelicals' affinity for Trump – and their commitment to the conservative movement more broadly.

by John Fea, Lerone A. Martin, Laura Gifford, R. Marie Griffith via The American Historian on November 30, 2018

'We Dissent' and the Making of Feminist Memory

Understanding the politics behind Cooper Union's 'We Dissent' exhibition.

by Haley Mlotek via Jezebel on November 26, 2018

Black and white image of Alice Paul, broadcasting from her desk at the Capitol, 1923.

Why the Fight Over the Equal Rights Amendment Has Lasted Nearly a Century

Passage of the ERA seemed like a sure thing. So why did it fail to become law?

by Erin Blakemore via HISTORY on November 26, 2018

The Racist Politics of the English Language

How we went from “racist” to “racially tinged.”

by Lawrence B. Glickman via Boston Review on November 20, 2018

A Century of American Protest

A side-by-side look at some of the political protests that have shaped American politics over the past hundred years.

by Eric Maierson via The New Yorker on November 5, 2018

Fighting to Vote

Voting rights are often associated with the Civil Rights Movement, but this fight extends throughout American history.

by Michael Tomasky via New York Review of Books on October 22, 2018

Historical marker in Memphis telling the history of Nathan Bedford Forrest

Naming the Enslaved, Reconciling the Past in Memphis

The roll call for the names of 74 African Americans sold into slavery by Nathan Bedford Forrest in Memphis was solemn.

by Hannah Baldwin via Southern Poverty Law Center on October 19, 2018

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