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One Bureau Under God
On the white Christian legacy of J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
,
Lerone A. Martin
via
Boston Review
on
October 10, 2023
A Record of Violence
Jim Crow terror, within and outside the law.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
,
Margaret A. Burnham
via
Boston Review
on
July 26, 2023
The Man Who Knew Exactly What the F.B.I. Was Doing to Martin Luther King Jr.
He was the president of the United States.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
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Jonathan Eig
via
New York Times
on
April 12, 2023
partner
Pitting Rosa Parks Against Claudette Colvin Distorts History
A new documentary explores the origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott — with lessons on how we see movements.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
,
Say Burgin
via
Made by History
on
October 19, 2022
Martin Luther King Knew That Fighting Racism Meant Fighting Police Brutality
Critics of Black Lives Matter have held up King as a foil to the movement’s criticisms of law enforcement, but those are views that King himself shared.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
via
The Atlantic
on
September 15, 2021
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Challenge to Liberal Allies — and Why It Resonates Today
King understood the perils of submerged racism.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
via
Made by History
on
February 8, 2021
The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale
The way we talk about her covers up uncomfortable truths about American racism.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
via
New York Times
on
February 1, 2021
What Julian Bond Taught Me About Politics and Power
Lessons about organizing from the SNCC co-founder.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
via
Black Perspectives
on
January 27, 2021
partner
Understanding Today’s Uprisings Requires Understanding What Came Before Them
The media must make the long years of organizing as visible as the eruptions and uprisings.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
via
Made by History
on
August 11, 2020
Martin Luther King and the 'Polite’ Racism of White Liberals
Many of King’s words about allies ring true today.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
via
Washington Post
on
January 17, 2020
partner
How School Desegregation Became the Third Rail of Democratic Politics
White liberals opposed segregation in the South, but fought tooth-and-nail to keep it in the North.
by
Matt Delmont
,
Jeanne Theoharis
via
Made by History
on
July 8, 2019
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“Whenever there’s a tragedy in black America, there’s always been an uptick of black history courses."
by
Olivia B. Waxman
via
Time
on
January 31, 2020
Well-Behaved Women Make History Too
What gets lost when it’s only the rebel girls who get lionized?
by
Joanna Scutts
via
Slate
on
June 21, 2018
'They Were Assumed to Be Puppets of Martin Luther King Jr.'
For decades, we’ve been replaying the same absurd partisan debate over whether to take high school activism seriously.
by
Rebecca Onion
via
Slate
on
February 22, 2018