Menu
Idea

Ferguson protests (2014)

37
Filter by:

Filter by published date

Viewing 31–37 of 37 results. Go to first page
Artist Titus Kaphar says that his 2014 Columbus Day Painting—which greets "Unseen" visitors in the first gallery—was inspired by his young son’s conflicted and confusing study of the putative discoverer of America.

Two Artists in Search of Missing History

A new exhibition makes a powerful statement about the oversights of American history and America’s art history.
by Alicia Ault via Smithsonian on April 4, 2018

The Kerner Omission

How a landmark report on the 1960s race riots fell short on police reform.
by Nicole Lewis via The Marshall Project on March 1, 2018

The Deeper Problem Behind the Sale of a Posh San Francisco Street

The news that a posh San Francisco street was sold for delinquent taxes exposes the deeper issue with America’s local revenue system.
by Brent Cebul via CityLab on August 18, 2017
A scene from Birth of a Nation.

Births of a Nation

Cedric Robinson has a great deal to teach us about Trumpism and the significance of resistance in determining the future.
by Robin D. G. Kelley via Boston Review on March 6, 2017
Policemen with nightsticks dragging Black man down the street.
partner

The Reason in the Riot

Senator Fred Harris describes his experience on the Kerner Commission, tasked with explaining the causes of urban riots in 1967.
via BackStory on August 18, 2016
Public opinion poll data showing high disapproval of civil rights protests.

Black Lives Matter and America’s Long History of Resisting Civil Rights Protesters

The civil rights movement was not nearly as admired by white Americans in its own time as we imagine it being.
by Elahe Izadi via Washington Post on April 19, 2016
Photos of the March on Washington.

The Struggle in Black and White: Activist Photographers Who Fought for Civil Rights

None of these iconic photographs would exist without the brave photographers documenting the civil rights movement.
by Hunter Oatman-Stanford via Collectors Weekly on October 7, 2014

Filter Results:

Suggested Filters:

Idea

brought to you by
© Bunk History