Horace and Sara Baker
In August 1963, just two days after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington,...
Indians as the Preferred Filler Workforce
0286
Stepping into Roles Denied to Black People Under White Supremacy Throughout colonial and post-colonial history, Indians have repeatedly been positioned as the “go-to” or filler...
Zara Cully
0626
Zara Frances Cully (January 26, 1892 – February 28, 1978), known professionally as Zara Cully (and sometimes Zara Cully-Brown), was a trailblazing American character actress...
Why Don’t We Call Them by Their True Names: “White Europeans” Instead of “Colonizers”?
0421
A Global Reckoning from Africa to the Americas, India, and the Far East Across the Global South—from the savannas of Africa to the highlands of...
Sheriff Walter Clark
0410
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...
The Lynching of Rubin Stacy
0539
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
0586
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)
0451
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
0756
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
0779
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...