National
Rep. Barbara Lee launches U.S. Senate run in California. By Maeve Reston / Wash Post
Did Politics Scrub ‘systemic’ from AP African American Studies Plan. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
The racist idea that changed American education. By Matt Barnum / Vox
At VMI, two classmates — one Black, one White — war over school’s future. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
Who Killed Malcolm X? Family to File $100M Suit v. FBI, CIA, NYPD & Others to Find the Truth. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
New research reconsiders writings of a Muslim slave and scholar. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
Nikki Haley says she’s Christian, but it’s complicated. By Khyati Y. Joshi / RNS
Three Black Women Who Preached With the Power of the Holy Spirit. By Kate Hanch / Christianity Today
The Decolonization of Christianity Is Not Complete. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
Abraham Lincoln’s disastrous effort to get Black people to leave the U.S. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
‘The wound hasn’t healed’: Activists recount 1898 Wilmington coup that terrorized Black residents. By Sara Avery / ABC News
Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction. By Robert Greene II / The Nation
Legalize Black History. By Jesse Hagopian / The Progressive
A look into the history of the Black men who built the US Capitol, Tidal Basin and beyond. By Carl Willis / News 4
National Divorce Is More Popular Than You Think. By Bonnie Kristan / The Daily Beast
73 years after winning first ‘Top Gun’ competition, Black pilots are honored. By Dave Kindy / Wash Post
Inside the project to honor Japanese-American history. By Emilie Ikeda / Today
Racism denied Auburn’s first Black student a master’s degree. Then, at 86, he returned. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
‘Ax Handle Saturday’: The Klan’s vicious attack on Black protesters in Florida 60 years ago. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
The ‘Mississippi Plan’ to keep Blacks from voting in 1890: ‘We came here to exclude the Negro.’ By Ronald G. Shafer / Wash Post
From ‘Birth of a Nation’ to ‘Till’: Confronting Racism in the White House Screening Room. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs / NYT
George Washington, Slavery, and Farming. By Rebecca Dudley / AAIHS
Racism takes a toll on the brain, research shows. By Richard Sima / Wash Post
More Black Families Are Considering Home-Schooling — And It Shouldn’t Be A Shock As To Why. By Sage Howard / HuffPost
Nikki Haley removed the Confederate flag. She sounds different as a candidate. By Dan Balz / Wash Post
Sen. Tim Scott test drives a potential 2024 campaign message. By Allan Smith / NBC News
