Matt Delmont

The ambivalence many Black soldiers felt toward the U.S. in WWII was matched only by the ambivalence the U.S. showed toward principles on which WWII was fought.

Today, the military is perhaps the largest integrated institution in the US. But how it came to be this way reveals a history of racism and resistance.

In 1966, a group of Boston-area parents and administrators created a busing program called METCO to help desegregate schools.

Is 2016 worse than 1348? And 1836? And 1919?

The largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history was not in Little Rock. Or Selma. Or Montgomery. It happened in New York City.

On the ongoing battle to desegregate schools across America throughout the 1960s.

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.

During WWII, American soldiers brought the flags home as a remembrance. Now, family members and historians must decide what should become of them.

Historians say that a major milestone in the history of school integration is often left out of the civil rights story.