White Supremacy: The Operating System of American History What Is White Supremacy, Really? White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to all other races — and that […]
Slavery
Slavery: The System That Built America What Was Slavery in the United States? Slavery in the United States wasn’t just a tragedy. It was a system of racial capitalism that […]
Rockefeller Drug Laws
In this article The Rockefeller Drug Laws: Origins, Impact, and Legacy In the annals of American drug policy, few statutes have been as influential or as controversial as the Rockefeller […]
Income Inequality
Income Inequality: The Wealth Gap Built by Design Why Is the Racial Wealth Gap So Persistent? Income inequality in America isn’t random — it’s the result of centuries of policy, […]
Implicit Bias
Implicit bias holds that people unconsciously apply biases and stereotypes to people. The generational biases against African Americans throughout the history of the United States still have an effect on […]
Broken Windows Policing
Broken Windows Policing: The Theory That Criminalized Black Neighborhoods What Is “Broken Windows” Policing? “Broken windows policing” is a theory that claims cracking down on small, visible signs of disorder […]
One Drop Rule
What Is the One Drop Rule? The One Drop Rule was a social and legal principle used in the United States that classified any person with even a single Black […]
Mississippi Burning Murders
The so-called Mississippi Burning Murders were the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in June 1964. These murders were an attempt by the KKK to prevent African […]
Mass Incarceration
Mass Incarceration: The New Jim Crow What Is Mass Incarceration? The United States is home to 5% of the world’s population — but holds nearly 25% of the world’s incarcerated […]
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision is a landmark United States Supreme Court case known as Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford. Dred Scott was a slave who sued in court for […]
Cross Burning
Cross burning in the United States is and has been a tactic of fear utilized by the Klu Klux Klan to intimidate the targets of their aggression; mainly African Americans […]
Lynching
Wikipedia Lynching in the United States Video The Origins of Lynching Culture in the United States Terror Lynching in America Further Reading History of Lynchings (NAACP) How white Americans used lynchings […]
Jim Crow
Jim Crow Laws: How Racism Became Legal What Were Jim Crow Laws? Jim Crow laws were a series of state and local statutes that enforced racial segregation in the United […]
Blockbusting
Blockbusting was a common real estate tactic used to convince white housing owners to sell their property cheaply by using their fear of African-Americans moving into their neighborhood and thereby […]
Black Codes
Black Codes were laws passed in the United States in order to limit freedoms, such as voting and literacy, of African-Americans. Black Codes were largely enacted in southern states, however […]