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,...
Category : History
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...
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...
The Cataclysmic Descent – European Powers and the Annihilation of Indigenous Americas
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European Powers and the Annihilation of Indigenous Americas In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s voyages marked the dawn of European colonization in the Americas, unleashing a torrent...
The Resurgent Call for Caribbean Reparations
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In the sun-drenched islands of the Caribbean, where turquoise waters lap against shores once stained by chains, a powerful chorus is rising once more. For...