How Wade-Ins Helped Desegregate the Country
Unequal access to public beaches and pools spurred a form of civil disobedience called wade-ins that would help desegregate the country.
read moreHistorical events and milestones towards racial justice.
Unequal access to public beaches and pools spurred a form of civil disobedience called wade-ins that would help desegregate the country.
read moreSome schools are switching from the universally used Mercator projection, igniting discussions on how maps influence our worldview.
read moreRecent attacks on contraception threaten to undo decades of progress made by the landmark Griswold v. Connecticut ruling.
read moreThousands of white servicemen and civilians attacked Mexican American, Black, and Filipino youth during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
read moreThe 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 moreDe facto residential segregation is increasing today, creating segregated hospitals, schools, and transportation systems—the very things permitted by Plessy v. Ferguson.
read moreThe 1992 Los Angeles riots were sparked by a series of injustices by the criminal justice system against marginalized people that remain unaddressed 30 years later.
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.
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