National News
Protest, Property, and the Black Press. By E. James West / AAIHS
Emmett Till’s 80th birthday is a chance to reflect on his legacy. By Lee O. Sanderlin / Clarion Ledger
Washington has a big chance to correct a shameful state of affairs for Native Americans. By Bidtah Becker and Anne Castle / Wash Post
Civil Rights Groups to Biden: Abolish Filibuster to Protect Voting Rights. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Will Troubled Past Keep Walker Out of Georgia Senate Race? By Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine
What We Still Don’t Know About Emmett Till’s Murder. By Wright Thompson / The Atlantic
America’s Imperfect Founding. By George Thomas / the Bulwark
George Floyd statue in Brooklyn to move to Manhattan after refurbishment. By Lila Watts and Laura Ly / CNN
Bust of Confederate general moved from Tennessee Capitol. By ABC News
We Owe Haiti a Debt We Can’t Repay. By Annette Gordon-Reed / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Bob Moses and the Fighting Spirit of Black Intellectual History. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
The right to vote is in jeopardy in the battleground state of Michigan. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
‘I’m sorry, but it’s too late’: Doctor describes young COVID-19 patients begging for vaccine. By Lauren Floyd / Daily Kos
Why tenure is so important — yet rare — for Black professors. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Jimmy Dennis Survived Death Row, Only to Enter a New Kind of Lockdown. By Queen Muse / Phily Mag
National Trust for Historic Preservation sends grants to 40 African American landmarks. By Cayla Sweazie / The Undefeated
Lost Lives, Lost Culture: The Forgotten History of Indigenous Boarding Schools. By Rukmini Callimachi / NYT
Black Mothers and the Lingering Wounds of Racial Violence. By Gloria Ashalou / AAIHS
Black Women, the Civil War, and United States Colored Troops. By Holly A. Pinheiro jr. / AAIHS
Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Joe Biden’s Speech Lays Out a Grim Future for Voting Rights. By Matt Ford / TNR
The Moral Panic Over Critical Race Theory Is Coming for a North Carolina Teacher of the Year. By Isabela Dias / Mother Jones
Republicans have become the Death Wish Party. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Kamala Harris meets with Black women activists and voting rights advocates. By Briana Stewart / ABC News
Acclaim, fundraising spread unevenly among Black colleges. By AP and NBC News
The First-Ever Census Bureau Director Of Color Was James F. Holmes. By Lo Wang / NPR
