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GOP widens Black history knowledge gap

White students tend to know little about the recent history of racial violence in the U.S.

Salon · Mar 8, 2024

‘Let’s keep this history alive’: Descendants of Black leaders gather at White House

Descendants of several civil rights leaders and abolitionists came together Tuesday at a Black History Month event hosted by the White House.

Roll Call · Feb 13, 2024

Joy Reid on Trump and the "two Americas"

MSNBC host discusses Trump, her new book on civil rights history and the media's crucial role in the 2024 election

Salon · Feb 13, 2024

Police stops in Black, Brown communities are more about traffic violations than skin color

In a recent opinion essay, a writer said Chicago police stop Black and Brown drivers for minor equipment and registration violations, but those violations are cause to stop a car regardless of the neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 6, 2023

8 things to know about Wheeler Parker Jr., Emmett Till’s cousin, eyewitness to his lynching

Wheeler Parker, minister of a suburban Argo church, talks about Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching and brutal murder by white supremacists in Mississippi — and what triggered it.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 28, 2023

Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion during the 1963 March on Washington − and it changed a good speech to a majestic sermon on an American dream

Every now and then, a voice can matter. Mahalia Jackson had one of them.

The Conversation · Aug 25, 2023

Ease Venezuela sanctions to reduce number of migrants seeking asylum in America

The U.S. has been working for a regime change in that country. Using economic sanctions, our government has devastated Venezuela’s economy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 25, 2023

Biden and Harris will meet with the King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will observe Monday's 60th anniversary of the March on Washington by meeting with organizers of the 1963 gathering and relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The Oval Office meeting will be held 60 years after President John F. Kennedy and…

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023

At the Table with Lynn Sweet

Lynn Sweet welcomed Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., Emmett Till’s cousin and the last surviving witness to his lynching and Chris Benson, Till scholar and co-author of “A Few Days Full of Trouble…”

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 21, 2023

8 of the best true crime books of all time

Graduate from podcasts and YouTube deep-dives

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2023