The Latest Breaking News from Jim Crow

Legal scholar Derek Black: America's schools are being targeted by Trump in a way that fuels autocratic populism

The "In Slavery's Wake" exhibit celebrates black Americans' resistance to slavery and Jim Crow.

Byron Donalds, the Florida representative who said "Black families were together" under Jim Crow, teased his run for governor following Trump's endorsement.

Since becoming president, Donald Trump has issued a record number of executive orders. Several aim to dismantle federally funded initiatives based on the idea that “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) are goals worth achieving.

President’s ‘culture war’ crusade targets DEI and LGBTQ+ rights in bid to spread rightwing agenda, experts say

The story of RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys,” laced with the cruelties of the Jim Crow-era South, has commonalities with films made before

At key moments throughout US history, white male anger has been privileged over national security, progress or basic welfare

In May 2023, renowned Black American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates spent ten days in the West Bank and Israel, where he spent half his time with Breaking the Silence, a group of former Israeli soldiers who now oppose the occupation.

Extracurricular classes teach ‘the majesty and value of Black history’ from the origins of Africa to Jim Crow policies

When I tell Israelis that American students think they are like South Africa, they are shocked.

Every year on 16 June, South Africa commemorates the revolt of black school children against the inferior “bantu education” system on that day in 1976. The horror of police shooting and killing unarmed children caused a global uproar. Historian Rico Devara Chapman’s research interests include a focus on the African…