Historical events and milestones towards racial justice.
Loitering laws date back to the Jim Crow era when laws were designed to trap Black people in the convict leasing system.
read moreMemorial Day is one example of how the whitewashing of U.S. history enables the minimizing of the contributions and injustice of Black people in favor of whiteness.
read moreRacial hoaxing incidents often resulted in violence and injustices against Black people, like the Rosewood Massacre, Groveland Four, and the lynching of Emmett Till.
read moreAntisemitic incidences continue to rise due to the spread of racist misinformation and lack of education on the Holocaust.
read moreUnlike the unjust trials of the Scottsboro Boys, white vigilantism often ended in lynchings, one of which inspired the song “Strange Fruit.”
read moreAfter 200 years, the government will finally implement anti-lynching legislation which will make lynchings in America a hate crime.
read moreMore than 50 years since his death, W.E.B. Du Bois’ biography and work prove to be treasure troves for those confronting racial capitalism and white supremacist violence today.
read moreThe White House symbolizes this country’s unique commitment to liberty and justice for all. Yet, the forced labor of enslaved people literally laid the foundation for American democracy.
read moreMalcolm X was a major figure of the Civil Rights Movement who promoted Black nationalism, self-defense, and liberation before his assassination in 1965. His life, legacy, and death are still remembered more than 50 years later.
read moreWhoopi Goldberg’s Holocaust comments on The View inaccurately claimed that the genocide of millions of Jews was not about race. During the Holocaust, Jewish people were labeled as an “inferior race” by the Nazis, echoing similar eugenicist beliefs held in the U.S. during that time.
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