Category : History
The Last American Lynching: Michael Donald’s 1981 Murder by the Ku Klux Klan and the Mother’s Lawsuit That Bankrupted a Hate Empire
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On the night of March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald—a young Black man with no criminal record or involvement in drugs—became the...
The Carroll County Courthouse Massacre
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The Carroll County Courthouse Massacre of March 17, 1886, stands as one of the most brutal and unpunished acts of racial violence in post-Reconstruction America....
Horace and Sara Baker
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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
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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...
Why Don’t We Call Them by Their True Names: “White Europeans” Instead of “Colonizers”?
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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
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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
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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...
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...