The involvement of the international community in the Floyd case draws attention to a tension in the movement for African American rights.
Arica L. Coleman
The debate goes all the way back to the Civil War, and shows just how many roadblocks there are to a meaningful conversation about the topic
The movement to expand feminism beyond mainstream discourse is now in its sixth decade
The actual book doesn't get much screen time, but the movie 'Green Book' shines a light on a forgotten truth about segregation in the U.S.
By the late 19th century the ideology of biological determinism had made its way into American law, where the politics of blood reigned.
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The star said that her ancestors include "a slave owner who fell in love with and married a slave.” Here's what to know about the history.
An incident at a Philadelphia Starbucks is a reminder that the question of who belongs where is a central component of the history of racism
The idea that 'Brown' could be challenged is not a ridiculous one. This landmark decision has been under attack since the day it became law.
There's historical truth behind the hit movie's strong female characters. Here's why that matters.
Lawmakers hailed a recent bill to recognize several Virginia tribes as having “righted a historical wrong," but problems remain.
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John Kelly’s controversial statement on the Civil War, which blamed the conflict on failure to compromise, didn't come about by accident.
Though the first Indigenous Peoples’ Day was celebrated in the early 1990s, the idea took shape many years earlier. Here's how it began.
The president’s choice of words—placing blame on “bad dudes”—sheds light on the forgotten role of women in the history of white nationalism.
As Americans debated how the Civil War period is publicly commemorated, a quieter battle over a related question was finally put to rest.
The Newark rebellion of 1967 resulted in more than two dozen deaths. Historian Arica Coleman argues that it shouldn't have been a surprise.
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