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A new take on a classic tale will soon come to Amazon, showing the relationship between horses and their Black owners.
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In 1835, Milwaukee held its first election, allowing Joe Oliver, a Black cook, to vote despite lacking legal rights. This unique situation marked an early inclusion of Black voices. Although a 1849 referendum granted voting rights to Black men, it wasn’t enforced until 1865 when Ezekiel Gillespie’s lawsuit led to a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling affirming their right to vote. This struggle for suffrage laid the groundwork for later civil rights movements, including the establishment of Freedom Schools in both Mississippi and Milwaukee.
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Sources and additional information for the exhibits in the gallery, “Risking Everything: The Fight for Black Voting Rights,” can be found here.
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“Found” tells the story of a Black woman whose sister was kidnapped, an experience all too familiar to Black families.
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Some Americans with multiracial identities are reminded of their own struggles by comments made about Kamala Harris.
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The 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson fomented riots and protests for change. Yet many wonder whether that has happened.
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A crowd gathered in Madison to see the new statue and hear speeches from Governor Evers, Senator Baldwin, and Phillips’ son.
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In the America in Focus series, the New York Times asked Americans to share their general societal views. In this article specifically, a focus group of 11 Black men discuss their hesitancies to fully support either Trump or Biden in today’s political climate.
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Code Switch breaks down how language influences public perceptions of protests like those on college campuses.
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After a tribal member’s death at police hands, a Washington tribe took action, and their activism could lead to real police reform.
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