Sheriff Walter Clark
Sheriff Walter Clark’s involvement in the 1935 lynching of Rubin Stacy remains one of the most debated and damning aspects of his long tenure as...
Author : joe bodego
The Lynching of Rubin Stacy
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A Grim Chapter in Florida’s History On July 19, 1935, in the midst of the Great Depression, a 30-year-old Black tenant farmer named Rubin Stacy...
How Cadillac Dealers Were Discouraged from Selling to Black Customers in America
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In the early to mid-20th century, racial discrimination permeated nearly every aspect of American life, including the automotive industry. During the Jim Crow era and...
Webb v. School District No. 90 (1949)
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A Landmark Step Toward School Desegregation in Kansas In the post-World War II era, as suburban communities in the United States grew rapidly, issues of...
The Quiet Shift – Why Many African Americans Are Stepping Back from Non-Reciprocal Causes
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Why Many African Americans Are Stepping Back from Non-Reciprocal Causes African Americans have long been at the forefront of social justice movements in the United...
Senator Richard B. Russell Jr
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The Southern Sentinel Richard Brevard Russell Jr., the longtime U.S. Senator from Georgia, embodied the contradictions of the 20th-century American South. A masterful legislator who...
The Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill
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A Crusade Stalled by Southern Fury In the shadow of the Great Depression, as America grappled with economic ruin, a darker crisis festered in the...
The New Deal Coalition
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Forging America’s Political Landscape In the depths of the Great Depression, as breadlines snaked through American cities and farms withered under dust storms, a new...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often known as FDR, was one of the most transformative figures in American history. As the 32nd President of the United States,...
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act
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Justice Delayed, But Not Denied In a landmark moment for American civil rights, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law on...