Tom Molineaux
From Slavery to Boxing Stardom, a Forgotten Hero’s Tale In a quiet, hilltop graveyard in Mervue, near Galway City, lies the unmarked resting place of...
Category : History
Enforced Violence as Entertainment and Profit in Slavery
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How enslaved Blacks beating each other to near-death was a great source of entertainment and cash for white plantation owners During the era of chattel...
Theodore G. Bilbo
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Theodore G. Bilbo was governor of Mississippi for two terms and a U.S. Senator for two, from 1935 to 1947. He ranks high and shrill...
The Electoral College’s Racist Origins
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Is a color-blind political system possible under our Constitution? If it is, the Supreme Court’s evisceration of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 did little...
For sending a Christmas Card to a white girl, 15-year-old Willie Howard was kidnapped, tied and forced to jump in a river to drown
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On January 2, 1944, 15-year-old Willie James Howard, a black boy, was kidnapped and lynched by three white men in Suwannee County, Florida, after being...
John Hartfield was hanged, shot, roasted for dating a white lady and his body parts shared to spectators
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The brutal lynching of John Hartfield on June 26, 1919, stands as a haunting reminder of the racial violence and injustice that marred the history...
The Dixiecrats
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The Dixiecrats, formally known as the States’ Rights Democratic Party, emerged during the summer of 1948 as a political movement led by conservative white southern...
James G. “Jim” Clark Jr.
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James G. “Jim” Clark Jr. (1922–2007) was the sheriff of Dallas County from 1955 to 1966. He, along with other Alabama officials, was responsible for...
Edmund Pettus
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Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) was the last Confederate brigadier general from Alabama to serve in the U.S. Senate. An attorney, he was an influential leader...
John Henrik Clarke
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A Pioneer in Africana Studies and Pan-Africanism John Henrik Clarke, born on January 1, 1915, in Union Springs, Alabama, emerged as a towering figure in...