Matt Delmont

The history of segregation in the Navy — and its abolition — show how to combat institutionalized bigotry.

Several years before the United States officially entered World War II, Black Americans were tracking the international spread of fascism.

Service members were attacked, discredited, and shortchanged on GI benefits—with lasting implications.

After the deadliest home-front disaster of the war, African Americans throughout the military took action to transform the nation's armed forces.

As white, southern troops raised the battle flag, they showed that they were fighting for change abroad—but the status quo at home.

The way Americans have long discussed racism is a huge part of the problem.

Many are looking to history for clues about how to understand the evolving moment. Here's what to know.

White liberals opposed segregation in the South, but fought tooth-and-nail to keep it in the North.

Although Roots faced criticism for its lack of realism, it helped change the way Americans viewed slavery.

The baseball great warned of lasting repercussion for black voters during Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign.

Getting the history of “busing” right enables us to see more clearly how school segregation and educational inequality continued in the decades after Brown.