segregation

The 28th President of the United States enabled segregation and vile treatment of Black federal workers. He doesn’t deserve an image rehabilitation.

Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy publicly apologized after restaurants refused to serve Black representatives of newly independent nations.

A 1940s Red Cross rule, which racially segregated blood, propped up notions of racial difference and Black inferiority.

“For those Afro-Caribbean Panamanian who had lived through Panama’s Canal Zone apartheid, Brooklyn segregation probably came as no surprise.”

One hundred and twenty five years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, there are still lessons to be gleaned from the case.

Airlines sometimes bumped Black passengers off of flights to make room for white travelers, even during refueling stops.

Bay’s new book explores the intertwined history of travel segregation and African American struggles for freedom of movement.

How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America.

The Platters, the Flamingos, and other pioneering performers share stories of divided audiences and harrowing violence.

The fight against civil rights brought it back.

"The Color of Law" offers an indicting critique of the progressive agenda.

He called black people "an ignorant and inferior race," and it gets worse.

Woodrow Wilson arrived at the White House determined to eliminate the gains African-Americans made during Reconstruction.

On the religion, segregation, the civil rights movement, violence, and hypocrisy.

Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

The 2024 OAH Conference on American History falls almost fifteen years after the renowned historian, teacher, and activist's death.

Three US presidents from the South’s borders—Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson—worked against Southern politicians to support civil and voting rights.

Beyoncé is following in the footsteps of many Black musicians before her.

A civil rights initiative during World War II known as the Double V campaign advocated for dual victories: over fascism abroad, and racial injustice in the U.S.

This 1994 documentary brings the passions and agonies of Mississippi’s voter-registration drive into the present tense.