Confronting Academia’s Ties to Slavery – Jennifer Schuesslser / NYT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1976, archivists at Harvard’s natural history museum opened a drawer and discovered a haunting portrait of a shirtless enslaved man named…
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GOP bill could dismantle one of nation’s most robust school desegregation efforts – Emma Brown / Wash Post
LOUISVILLE — A remarkable experiment in school desegregation has thrived for four decades in this Kentucky city and its suburbs, surviving fierce resistance from the…
What if the Court in the Loving Case Had Declared Race a False Idea? Brent Staples – NYT
Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia struck a resonant historical note last year when he proclaimed June 12 “Loving Day,” in commemoration of Loving v. Virginia,…
Racial diversity is rising in America’s suburban public schools, and many institutions are struggling to provide necessary resources – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
Trump’s Tentative First Step Toward Black Voters – Graham Vyse / New Republic
The Sessions Effect: Trump DOJ Reverses Course In Major Texas Voter ID Case – Alice Ollstein / Talkingpointsmemo
Stephen Bannon and Jeff Sessions, the new attorney general, have long shared a vision for remaking America – Emily Bazelon / NYT Magazine
One night in September 2014, when he was chief executive of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon hosted cocktails and dinner at the Washington townhouse where he…
A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters – Ibram X. Kendi / NYT
Many Americans might not know the more polemical side of race writing in our history. The canon of African-American literature is well established. Zora Neale…
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield: America’s First Black Pop Star – Adam Gustafson / The Conversation
Hartford, Conn., has revamped its schools to attract a rich mix of students in a voluntary desegregation program – Simon Montlake / Christian Sci Monitor
There’s no going back: Racial, ethnic diversity is on the rise in American communities – Jennifer Van Hook and Barrett Lee / The Conversation
During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
Transgender: What does it mean? After Trump rolls back protections, an explainer – Mary Bowerman / USA Today
St. Louis Responds to a Rise in Anti-Semitism – Daniel A. Gross / The New Yorker
On Monday, more than a hundred and fifty gravestones were found damaged or toppled at a historic Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. As soon as…
Supreme Court tosses out racist death sentence – Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress
What Is the Community Doing to Address Chicago’s Gun Violence? David Love / Atlanta Black Star
A history of sanctuary cities: How Black Americans protected fugitive slaves – Barbara Krauthamer / Salon
The Black Activist Who Fought Against D. W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” – Richard Brody / The New Yorker
The Betsy DeVos cartoon saga was an unintentional reminder of the staying power of white nationalism – Jenee Desmond-Harris / Vox
The Failure of Race-Blind Economic Policy – Adia Harvey Wingfeld / The Atlantic
After Donald Trump’s presidential victory, many left-leaning politicians and commentators started considering what sort of message would help them regain political power. Given the clear…
Let’s Become Great Again,’ the Flyers Said – Anna North / NYT
The Trump Administration’s Lies About Voter Fraud Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression – Ari Burman / Bill Moyers
Louisiana Republican’s interference with New Orleans police reform foreshadows Trump backlash – Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress
The Return of Border Discrimination – Shakeer Rahman / Dissent
First-Ever Tracker Of Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans Launched – Jenny J. Chen / NPR
The biggest beneficiaries of the government safety net: Working-class whites – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Working-class whites are the biggest beneficiaries of federal poverty-reduction programs, even though blacks and Hispanics have substantially higher rates of poverty, according to a new…
Historic black cemeteries seeking the same support Virginia gives Confederates – Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
What’s Killing America’s Black Infants? Zoe Carpenter / The Nation
Five myths about Frederick Douglass – Henry Louis Gates and John Stauffer / Wash Post
The Big Reason Whites Are Richer Than Blacks in America – Peter Coy / Bloomberg Businessweek
White immigrants weren’t always considered white — and acceptable – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Who, exactly, is white? The answer sounds obvious — we know a white person when we see one, we think. But when Italians poured into…
