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By Charles Blow, New York Times Proponents of equality have reason to both cheer and cry this week…. One movement for equality [Gay Rights] had its spirits lifted and another…
Read More >From Wikipedia On May 31 and June 1, 1921, the white citizens of Tulsa, Oklahoma, attacked the city’s black citizens, following the publication of a sensationalized story of a black…
Read More >From the Huffington Post, Black Voices [T]he Grammy Award-winner is making headlines once again for his cameo on Future’s recently leaked track titled, “Karate Chop.” The song which is set to…
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Reverend John Rankin worked toward equality through his religious weapons and work on the Underground Railroad.
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An influential music composer, Scott Joplin, was born during the Reconstruction era and is known for his contributions to ragtime music.
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Some are wondering whether criticisms of U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice are based in reality or racism.
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Thanks to DNA testing, people are discovering surprising racial ancestry–and having to reconcile that with their identities.
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The Republican party’s new tactic, which embraces diversity, struggles as party members and supporters display racist behavior.
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One woman wins her case against the state of Utah and will be able to continue supplementing her income by braiding hair without a license.
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In 1927, a frenzied white mob in Little Rock, Arkansas, was focused on revenge. A little white girl had been murdered and they wanted to lynch whoever did it. When they grabbed a black man, they knew he wasn’t the killer. Still, they thought he’d done something else that made them mad. John Carter was their scapegoat: he paid the price for something he didn’t do.
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