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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Abduction
WikipediaAtlantic Slave TradeZong massacre Video:Roots: The Middle Passage | History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJrhQE6DZkLife Aboard a Slave Ship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQvofAiZGA Further ReadingAnimated interactive history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade (315 years. 20,528 voyages. Millions […]
Bloody Sunday
The events of Bloody Sunday happened in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965 when a civil rights protest march was violently impeded by local law enforcement. John Lewis and Reverend Hosea […]