August 27, 2013
—Cynthia Taylor With the 50th anniversary of the1963 March on Washington demonstration in the media’s spotlight, and especially of its heavy emphasis on Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”… READ MORE
August 26, 2013
—Akinyele Omowale Umoja Fifty years ago, the United States was at a crossroads. The daughters and sons of enslaved Africans found themselves as “second-class citizens” in the land of their… READ MORE
August 20, 2013
—Andra Gillespie Cory Booker’s resounding victory in last week’s Democratic primary to replace the late Senator Frank Lautenberg was no surprise to most observers. Booker had been the overwhelming favorite… READ MORE
August 16, 2013
—F. Michael Higginbotham The recent Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, invalidating the “pre-clearance” formula of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), requiring states with a history of race… READ MORE
July 29, 2013
—F. Michael Higginbotham The recent acquittal of George Zimmerman for shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has provoked outrage and widespread (yet mostly peaceful) protests from racially mixed, but predominantly… READ MORE
July 24, 2013
—Kidada E. Williams [This piece originally appeared on the History News Network. Read it here.] I am a historian who studies African Americans’ testimonies about experiencing racial violence. I have… READ MORE
July 16, 2013
—Jeannine Bell [This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle.] George Zimmerman will not be the last vigilante to stand trial for the killing of an unarmed black teen. While… READ MORE
July 15, 2013
—Jelani Cobb [This article originally appeared in The New Yorker.] The not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial came down moments after I left a screening of “Fruitvale Station,” a… READ MORE