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Demonstrators in the June 1968 Poor People's March in Washington, DC.

Why Liberals Separate Race from Class

The tendency to divorce racial disparities from economic inequality has a long liberal lineage.

by Touré F. Reed via Jacobin on August 22, 2015

Dr. Ossian Sweet

Dr. Ossian Sweet's Black Life Mattered

It has been 90 years since Ossian Sweet tried to move into his new home; since police stood by and did nothing as a mob threw rocks.

by David F. Krugler, Victoria W. Wolcott, Heather Bourbeau, Leslie Brown, Anne Valk, James W. McElhaney, Lance Freeman via JSTOR Daily on June 17, 2015

A Black man in a hoodie.

The Hoodie and the Hijab

Arabness, Blackness, and the figure of terror.

by Leah Mirakhor via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 6, 2015

I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing

Philadelphia native Gene Demby was 4 years old when city police dropped a bomb on a house of black activists in his hometown.

by Gene Demby via NPR on May 13, 2015

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

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

May Day's Radical History

The date of Occupy's strike has ties to the eight-hour day movement, immigrant workers and American anarchism.

by Jacob Remes via Salon on April 30, 2012

March of the Bonus Army

In 1932, twenty-thousand unemployed WWI veterans descended on Washington, DC to demand better treatment from the federal government.

by Radio Diaries via Radio Diaries on November 11, 2011

Close up of violin

Who Is the Black Cop?

What is it like to be a Black police officer, and how does the Black community feel about these officers?

by Black Journal via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on June 23, 1969

Martin Luther King Jr stands behind a podium.

5 Lessons From the Real Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This Juneteenth we need to discard the caricatures of King that we so often see and learn from what he actually did and believed.

by Jeanne Theoharis via The Nation on June 19, 2025

Attica after state police stormed the prison, 1971.

How Should We Remember Attica?

Orisanmi Burton’s "Tip of the Spear" uncovers the obscured and radical demands of the inmates who staged the 1971 prison uprising—a world without prisons.

by Charlotte Rosen via The Nation on May 26, 2025

Children at the Oakland Community School, 1973.

What Happens When the U.S. Declares War on Your Parents?

The Black Panthers shook America before the party was gutted by the government. Their children paid a steep price, but also emerged with unassailable pride.

by Ed Pilkington via The Guardian on March 25, 2025

Frances Thompson holding an umbrella.

Frances Thompson Survived a Race Massacre and Bravely Testified to Congress. Then She Was Slandered.

A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity.

by Chelsea Bailey via CNN on February 16, 2025

Students at an Indian boarding school.

Acknowledgment as Denialism: The Myth of Reparations in the US

What is an apology from the President of the United States worth if reparations do not include cessation of settler colonial violence?

by Ja'loni Owens via Scalawag on December 11, 2024

"Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right" book cover.

The History of Gay Conservatism

LGBTQ voters overwhelmingly went for Harris, but the idea that gay voters are always going to be solidly blue is a myth.

by Roger Lancaster via Damage on December 11, 2024

A member of the Michigan National Guard stands at the ready as firemen battle a blaze in Detroit in July 1967.

White and Black Activists Worked Strategically in Parallel in Detroit 50 Years Ago for Civil Rights

Since George Floyd’s murder, some white allies seek ways to fight racial inequality. Detroit’s 1960s "racially parallel organizing" offers insights.

by Say Burgin via The Conversation on December 5, 2024

George Floyd protest

Reflections of the 60th Anniversary of Urban Uprisings in America

The media narrative used to discredit urban rebellions as violent betrayals of the civil rights movement has been attached to protests ever since.

by Heather Ann Thompson via Black Perspectives on October 17, 2024

Illustration of Willie Mayes holding a baseball bat, while men watch from the city.

A Giant of a Man

The legacy of Willie Mays and the Birmingham ballpark where he first made his mark.

by Eric Wills via The American Scholar on October 10, 2024

Streetlamps and red trail lights glow in a dark city street.

A Nation of Cop Cities

The push to build large police training facilities follows on a long history of armories as both symbols and manifestations of state power.

by Matthew Guariglia via Inquest on September 26, 2024

Week of Wonders

Twenty-five years ago, protesters shut down the meeting of the World Trade Organization. At the time, it seemed very important. But is it now?

by Doug Henwood via The Baffler on September 5, 2024

James Baldwin sitting among crowd.

James Baldwin and the Roots of Black-Palestinian Solidarity

A consideration of the evolution of Baldwin’s views on Zionism.

by Alexander Durie via Literary Hub on August 2, 2024

Demonstrators holding signs at George Floyd protest in NYC, 2020.

Americans Used to Unite Over Tragic Events − and Now Are Divided By Them

Tragedy seldom unifies Americans today.

by Thomas D. Beamish via The Conversation on June 18, 2024

Border patrol agents in a physical training.

From Suspect to Perpetrato

How history shaped the modern U.S. Border Patrol agent.

by Ernesto Chávez, Ervin A. Zubiate-Rocha via Public Books on June 5, 2024

Person in a red veil.

Connecting with Trans History, Rebellion, and Joy, in “Compton’s 22”

Transgender people's reactions to watching oral histories of the legacy of a 1966 riot in the Tenderloin that was nearly lost to history.

by Drew de Pinto via The New Yorker on June 5, 2024

Divestment and the American Political Tradition

From Dow to now.

by Michael Brenes via Warfare And Welfare on May 16, 2024

A colorful illlustration of Texas Rangers, three Tejano men, guns, and alcohol bottles.

After a Borderland Shootout, a 100-Year-Old Battle for the Truth

A century after three Tejano men were shot to death, the story their family tells is different than the official account. Whose story counts as Texas history?

by Arelis R. Hernández, Frank Hulley-Jones via Washington Post on May 15, 2024

Joe Biden speaking in January.

No, the 2024 Election Won’t Be Anything Like 1968

The election will be a challenge for Joe Biden. But looking to the past won’t help him—or us—understand what lies ahead.

by Walter Shapiro via The New Republic on May 9, 2024

Police gather to clear a Gaza solidarity encampment at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on May 1st.

Anatomy of a Moral Panic

The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern.

by Adam Haber, Matylda Figlerowicz via Jewish Currents on May 2, 2024

Pro-Palestinian campus protest.

Why Colleges Don’t Know What to Do About Campus Protests

Despite frequent litigation, U.S. courts have created a blurry line that puts administrators in an impossible situation.

by Jack Hodgson via Made By History on April 29, 2024

Basketball players taking a knee on the court and wearing "Black Lives Matter" shirts.

How the NBA Learned to Embrace Activism

A changing NBA fan base drove the league toward an embrace of Black culture, and social justice politics.

by Adam Criblez via Made By History on April 19, 2024

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