Huey P. Newton, the misunderstood visionary behind the Black Panther Party ~humanities.history Article 5773 words 9 votes
Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’ ~humanities.history Article 1453 words 2 votes
Hollywood loved Sammy Davis Jr. until he dated a white movie star ~humanities.history Article 2191 words 9 votes
What the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed ~humanities.history Article 1997 words, published May 24 2021 12 votes
The Jim Crow North: You probably know about the long fight against segregation in the South. But civil rights struggles in the rest of the nation have often been overlooked. ~humanities.history Link 9 votes
Rosa Parks' Stanford press conference recording now accessible online ~humanities.history Article 379 words, published Dec 18 2019 5 votes
A new documentary details the FBI's relentless pursuit of Martin Luther King Jr ~humanities.history Article 1773 words 5 votes
The history of the US Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the largest unit of black servicewomen to ever deploy overseas ~humanities.history Article 2559 words, published Jun 17 2020 4 votes
May 13th, 1985: The day Philadelphia police bombed a city street, leaving 250 homeless and eleven dead, including five children ~humanities.history Article 2030 words 28 votes
A rural town confronts its history: 100 years after hundreds of African Americans were killed, a memorial is set to bring details of the tragedy to light ~humanities.history Article 1426 words 7 votes
This land was our land: The Mississippi Delta's history of Black land theft ~humanities.history Article 7676 words 7 votes
Georgia Gilmore, who fed and funded the Montgomery bus boycott ~humanities.history Article 1323 words 5 votes
Red Summer: 100 years ago, White mobs across the country attacked Black people. And they fought back ~humanities.history Article 9 votes
Is it time for truth and reconciliation in the US? ~humanities.history Article 1255 words, published Feb 16 2014 9 votes
The history of the Black radical group MOVE and its infamous bombing by police ~humanities.history Article 464 words 9 votes
Archivists race to digitize slavery records before the history is lost ~humanities.history Article 1392 words 9 votes
The overlooked history of African American skate culture ~humanities.history Article 1312 words 6 votes
Black mecca or most unequal US city: Will the real Atlanta please stand up? ~humanities.history Article 1514 words, published Oct 22 2018 7 votes
The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many southern whites still believe otherwise? ~humanities.history Article 7325 words, published Nov 28 2018 20 votes
The last slave ship survivor gave an interview in the 1930s. It just surfaced in the form of a new book ~humanities.history Article 727 words, published May 3 2018 3 votes