A lesson on dissent from a Vietnam War protester who joined the US military – and then faced execution after his protest didn’t stop

June 1, 2024

By: The Conversation

Preying on White fears worked for Georgia’s Lester Maddox in the ’60s − and is working there for Donald Trump today

May 18, 2024

By: The Conversation

Edward Blum’s crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

December 5, 2023

By: The Conversation

US has a long history of state lawmakers silencing elected Black officials and taking power from their constituents

September 10, 2023

By: The Conversation

Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion during the 1963 March on Washington − and it changed a good speech to a majestic sermon on an American dream

August 27, 2023

By: The Conversation

NFL icon and social activist Jim Brown leaves a complicated legacy

May 26, 2023

By: The Conversation

Black students in Washington state played key role in the Civil Rights Movement, new book states

April 29, 2023

By: The Conversation

How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society

January 15, 2023

By: The Conversation

New Orleans community center rises from ugly history as segregated school

May 5, 2022

By: Courier Newsroom

The blue-eyes, brown-eyes experiment that taught third-graders about racism

February 28, 2022

By: Courier Newsroom

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