How Chinese Migrants Built the Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad is hailed as one of the country’s greatest engineering feats, but the immigrants who built it have long been ignored.
read moreHistorical events and milestones towards racial justice.
The Transcontinental Railroad is hailed as one of the country’s greatest engineering feats, but the immigrants who built it have long been ignored.
read moreThe last remaining survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre seek reparations as the city continues to skirt justice.
read moreThe anniversary of the “Ain’t I a Woman” speech and recent MLK Jr revelations are a reminder of why history must not only be preserved but corrected.
read more“In God We Trust” is a key example of U.S. civil religion: an ideology that has often cloaked abuses of power in the trappings of religious faith.
read moreRecent discussions of the U.S. invading Mexico follow a history of the U.S. invading and meddling in Latin America, including the Bay of Pigs invasion.
read moreThe Fair Housing Act broke down barriers in the housing market, but over a century of discriminatory practices continue to linger.
read moreThe Combahee River Collective Statement advocated that society be reorganized based on the collective needs of those who it most oppresses.
read moreThough Irish people suffered from colonization, the “Irish were slaves first” story is used to attack the struggle for racial justice.
read moreOften miscategorized as internment, the incarceration of Japanese Americans in 1942 is yet another instance of American cruelty in action.
read moreThe signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S. invasion of Mexico, but the effects continue to impact Latine communities today.
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