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The Ledger

In researching his family's past, the author learns of his ancestors' efforts to thrive despite the confines of racial oppression.

by Lawrence Jackson via n+1 on June 14, 2012

Ronald Reagan.

Conservatism: A State of the Field

Does recognizing the importance of conservatism in the twentieth century make us see the arc of American history in a new way?

by Kim Phillips-Fein via Journal of American History on December 1, 2011

Lithograph of the 1871 massacre of Chinese workers in California.

How Los Angeles Covered Up the Massacre of 17 Chinese

The greatest unsolved murders in Los Angeles' history, bloodier than the Black Dahlia, more vicious than the hit on Bugsy Siegel, occurred on a night in 1871.

by John Johnson Jr. via LA Weekly on March 10, 2011

Black marchers picket in front of the White House to ask FDR to free the Scottsboro boys.

How 'Communism' Brought Racial Equality to the South

The Communist Party fought for racial equality in the South, specifically Alabama, where segregation was most oppressive.

by Robin D. G. Kelley, Michel Martin via NPR on February 16, 2010

Pete Seeger.

American Dreamers

Pete Seeger, William F. Buckley, Jr., and public history.

by William Hogeland via Boston Review on May 1, 2008

William Jennings Bryan, c. 1910s.

All You Need Is Love

The complex history, career, and legacy of one of America's most popular speakers and reformers.

by Ronald Steel via New York Review of Books on June 22, 2006

Black and white photograph of James Baldwin

A Report from Occupied Territory

These things happen, in all our Harlems, every single day. If we ignore this fact, and our common responsibility to change this fact, we are sealing our doom.

by James Baldwin via The Nation on July 11, 1966

Rosa Parks' mugshot.

December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested

“This dramatic display of unity may well inspire the Negro residents of other Southern cities to similar action.”

via The Nation on December 24, 1955

Photo of Black woman and boy posing with a car packed with their belongings during the Great Migration.

The Hosts of Black Labor

The South must reform its attitude toward the Negro. The North must reform its attitude toward common labor.

by W.E.B. Du Bois via The Nation on May 9, 1923

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