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Watch an Amazing Talk by an African American Astrophysicist – Dr. Jedidah Isler / Ted Talks
Jedidah Isler dreamt of becoming an astrophysicist since she was a young girl, but the odds were against her: At that time, only 18 black…
Insurance Policies on Slaves: New York life’s Complicated Past – Rachel L. Swarns / NYT
In Case You Forgot, This Is What The North’s Fight For Civil Rights Looked Like – Katherine Brooks / Huff Post
To some, the fight for civil rights in America is an important, but distant, memory. According to history books, the struggle to end racial segregation…
In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell – Grace Dolan-Sandrino and Zahri Jackson / The Nation
In the fight for racial justice on campus, 2016 stands in the shadow of 2015. Last November, black students took American higher education by storm—raining…
Texas campus tense with incidents since Donald Trump election – Rick Jervis / USA Today
Black And White Americans View Historical Events Very Differently – Erin Schumaker / Huff Post
Abraham Lincoln Defended a Man Who Refused To Be Called ‘Negro’ – Ava Gabrielle / Huff Post
Unequal Sentences for Blacks and Whites – The Editorial Board / NYT
The Charleston Story: A Knotted Mix Of Race, Grace And Injustice – Gene Demby / NPR
Faith and race play big roles in the history of Charleston. In the stories the city tells itself about itself, Charleston joyfully celebrates the former,…
How Michelle Obama became a singular American voice – Peter Slevin / Wash Post
Three weeks after Inauguration Day in 2009 and still a long way from crafting an agenda, Michelle Obama climbed into her motorcade and paid a…
Alabama Prosecutor Sets the Penalties and Fills the Coffers – Shaila Dewan and Andrew W. Lehren / NYT
How fake news led Dylann Roof to murder nine people -Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Have you heard the story about the Democratic National Committee hiring actors to disrupt Donald Trump’s rallies? What about President Barack Obama pulling $2.6 billion…
A Wrenching Decision Where Black History and Floods Intertwine – Jess Bidgood / NYT
What Ben Carson Should Learn About Housing Segregation – Richard Rothstein / Bill Moyers and Company
Barack Obama Says He ‘Absolutely’ Faced Racism In Office – Haley Miller / CNN
Political Divide on Campuses Hardens After Trump’s Victory – Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
The Struggle and Triumph of America’s First Black Doctors -Karen Jordan / The Atlantic
African American physicians have dealt with distrust and misperceptions for more than a century. Around 1906, a young boy in Atlanta was stricken with a…
The Link Between Race and Solitary Confinement – Juleyka Lantigua-Williams / The Atlantic
Following Decades of Assimilation in America : Are Jews White? Emma Green / The Atlantic
Here’s how socialists shoved racist groups back into their hateful hole in the 1990s – Travis Gettys / Raw Story
The Scourge of Racial Bias in New York State’s Prisons – Michael Schwirtz, Michale Winerip and Robert Gebeloff / NYT
“Justice Delayed is Justice Denied,” Walter Scott Case Proves – Adam Hamze / Huff Post
The Dakota Pipeline Protests, Explained – Josh Siegel / The Daily Signal
Both Feeling Threatened, American Muslims and Jews Join Hands – Laurie Goodstein / NYT
37 Civil Rights Groups Seek Investigation Into ‘Torture’ At Lewisburg Prison – Joseph Shapiro / NPR
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, 37 civil rights, human rights and church groups on Monday asked the U.S. Department of Justice…
What the Alt-Right Really Means ( White Supremacist and/or White Nationalist) – Christopher Caldwell / NYT
The Horror of Lynchings Lives On – The Editorial Board / NYT
Blacks, Other Minorities Arming Themselves in Record Numbers Since Trump’s Victory – Tanasia Kenney / Atlanta Black Star
Black people are three times likelier to be killed in police chases – Thomas Frank / USA Today
FLINT, Mich. – James Thompson was the first to die. The 75-year-old Navy veteran had just taken four neighborhood boys for haircuts when an SUV…
What about the black working class? Tanzina Vega / CNN Money
Amid all of the talk about economic populism this election cycle, one group has been largely left out: working class Americans of color. The focus…
