Martin Luther King Jr.

Ta-Nehisi Coates' latest book preaches political fatalism. But black activism has always believed in the possibility of change.

That the 500th anniversary of Luther’s act has been noted without éclat may be something to celebrate.

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.

The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.

Years after he integrated the MLB, Robinson publicly badgered John F. Kennedy on civil rights.

Here's what he thinks about national anthem protests.

The anti-fascist left stems from a long tradition of violence and protest in America.

It has to be renamed, state by state.

Politicians from both sides of the aisle have tried to stake a claim to the power of the Kennedy legend. What is it about Camelot?

When the Long Hot Summer came to Wisconsin, the reality of race relations was impossible to ignore.

Black women have always been equal partners in, if not central to, the tradition of Black protest and liberation movements.

Why the policies of the Federal Reserve were a central focus for the civil rights movement.

From COINTELPRO to the NSA’s surveillance program, the US Government has been keeping a close watch on the American Left for a long time.

In dismantling Obamacare and slashing Medicaid, Republicans would strike a blow against signature victories for racial equality in America.

The most famous Emancipation holiday is more necessary now than it has ever been.

You cannot have reconciliation without empathy. And you can’t have empathy unless people know the past pain that informs our present.

Why New Orleans took down monuments that had been installed by supporters of the "Cult of the Lost Cause."

She saw economic precarity as not just a side effect of racial subjugation, but as central to its functioning.

“Mississippi Goddam” was an angry response to tragedy, in show tune form.

A year-long series of photographs and stories that explain the struggle between the old South and the new.