Shannon King

By Keeanga-Yahmahtta Taylor

“As the third anniversary of the Women’s March approaches, the political tensions that underlie these considerations have boiled over and split the movement. A stark example of the a […]

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Welcome to History of Black America!

History of Black Americais an introduction to African American history, covering periods from the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the present. The objective of the course […]

Happy New Year and Welcome to Black Women in the Black Freedom Struggle

This course spans the period from the late nineteenth century to the present. The course centers the activism of black women in the US […]

In historical writing, the introduction of an essay, article, or book operates as the roadmap for the work. It’s tells the reader exactly what the goal, objective, or argument of the work is, lays out its […]

Jacob Bueter

Abstract

The following paper gives a description of the Boston Busing crisis an issue that was surrounded by racial tension and legal action. The crisis began when black parents and students […]

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“Free Angela and All Political Prisoners’ by Shola Lynch”

by Nicolas Rapold

“Shola Lynch’s documentary about Angela Davis, the activist and beacon of counterculture radicalism, is a snappily edited, a […]

“Attica Uprising”

“Though the Attica prison uprising was nearly a half-century ago, the catastrophic event — the nation’s deadliest prison riot — has again become a touchstone issue in conversations about […]

“Black Power and the Gendered Imaginary” by Jakobi Williams and Andrea M. Sterling

“Ashley D. Farmer’s  Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era is an essential new text in the recent his […]

On Tuesday, as we watched Black Power Mixtape, Questlove and Harry Belafonte mentioned King’s radicalism and critique of militarism and inequality. Here’s MLK, Jr._Beyond Vietnam_A Time to Break Silence his […]

“A Womanist Perspective of the Black Power Movement” by Akinyele Umoja

“Ashley D. Farmer’s Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era represents an essential development in a new generation of […]

“A Womanist Perspective of the Black Power Movement” 

by Akinyele Umoja

“Ashley D. Farmer’s Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era represents an essential development in a new gen […]

In this episode of Adam Ruins Everything, “Suburbs,” with some comedy and candor, he explains state-sanctioned racism in housing and how it impacted school segregation. Adam also invites journalist Nikole […]

Two Societies 

“Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago’s civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their […]

Here’s Ta-Nehisi Coates’s article on the history of state-sanctioned housing discrimination,”Case for Reparations.”

Here’s a critique of Coates, “Case Against Reparations” by Kevin Williamson

Blacks Still Face a Red Line on Housing

By the Editorial Board
“For generations of white American families, homeownership has been a fundamental means of accumulating wealth. Their homes have grown in […]