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Understanding MLK’s Deep Personal History With Police Brutality and Racism

Dr. King was arrested 29 times and assaulted by the police on many occasions.

100 Years Before Brown v. Board of Education, This 5-Year-Old Girl Resisted Segregation

Sarah Roberts had to walk past five white schools on her way to the one Black school every morning.

The True Story of the Only Black Police Precinct in U.S. History

The officers at the Miami precinct were not allowed to arrest white citizens.

50 Years Before Rosa Parks, Barbara Pope Refused to Give Up Her Train Seat

In 1906, Barbara Pope refused to give up her seat on a segregated train.

Florida HBCU Students Are Suing the State for Discrimination in Funding

FAMU students say the state is chronically underfunding its only public HBCU.

I Got Into 15 Schools, and Have Thoughts on the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling

Rotimi Kukoyi is a student at UNC—one of the universities involved in the recent Supreme Court cases.

A 16-Year-Old Girl Made Brown v. Board of Ed Possible

Barbara Rose Johns organized a strike at her segregated school after the death of her best friend.

How Black Students Got a Quality Education in the Jim Crow South

The Rosenwald Schools served hundreds of thousands of Black students.

The Supreme Court May Radically Reshape Colleges This Year

Both in terms of who can attend and the financial burdens it comes with.

The ‘Divine Nine’ Helped Shape Civil Rights History

These all-Black sororities and fraternities played a role in pivotal social movements.

A Brief Timeline of School Segregation in the US

From the end of the Civil War to today

What Abortion Has to Do With School Segregation

One of these issues actually motivated the creation of the religious right.

The School Board Fights Are Just Getting Started

2022 could get ugly.

Tulsa, Rosewood and Freedom: The History of Black Towns and Communities in the U.S.

“They were designed to embrace and uplift the excluded.”

‘OK Boomer’ Captures the Fight to Desegregate New York City Schools

How can we live together if we can’t even learn together?

The Trump Administration Is Dismantling Our Tools To Desegregate Schools

It’s not just about busing.

I'm Sick of Joe Biden

I don’t believe Biden represents a possibility for necessary radical change.

Charlottesville Students Walked Out After Racist Threats Shut Down Their Schools

“We felt that it was important to use this time to basically shift the momentum."

AOC Criticized the Lack of Black and Latinx Diversity at NYC's Specialized Schools

"This is what injustice looks like.”

School Integration Pioneer Sylvia Mendez Says the U.S. Is More Segregated Now Than in 1945

The woman who was once a little girl at the heart of a major court case explains how things have changed.