segregation
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.
By Jeanne Theoharis
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.
By Selvin Backert
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.
By Vanessa Contreras and Terrance Cribbs-Lorrant
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.
By Rob DeHart
Florida HBCU Students Are Suing the State for Discrimination in Funding
FAMU students say the state is chronically underfunding its only public HBCU.
By Mia Uzzell
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.
By Rotimi Kukoyi
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.
By Cainan Townsend
How Black Students Got a Quality Education in the Jim Crow South
The Rosenwald Schools served hundreds of thousands of Black students.
By Mary Retta
The Supreme Court May Radically Reshape Colleges This Year
Both in terms of who can attend and the financial burdens it comes with.
By Braxton Brewington
The ‘Divine Nine’ Helped Shape Civil Rights History
These all-Black sororities and fraternities played a role in pivotal social movements.
By Eric L. Ewing and Kate Doak-Keszler
A Brief Timeline of School Segregation in the US
From the end of the Civil War to today
By Jameelah Nasheed
What Abortion Has to Do With School Segregation
One of these issues actually motivated the creation of the religious right.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Tulsa, Rosewood and Freedom: The History of Black Towns and Communities in the U.S.
“They were designed to embrace and uplift the excluded.”
By Jameelah Nasheed
‘OK Boomer’ Captures the Fight to Desegregate New York City Schools
How can we live together if we can’t even learn together?
By Marcus Alston and Alexander Rodriguez
The Trump Administration Is Dismantling Our Tools To Desegregate Schools
It’s not just about busing.
By Thea Sebastian
I'm Sick of Joe Biden
I don’t believe Biden represents a possibility for necessary radical change.
By Lucy Diavolo
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."
By Lucy Diavolo
AOC Criticized the Lack of Black and Latinx Diversity at NYC's Specialized Schools
"This is what injustice looks like.”
By Lucy Diavolo
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.
By Isabella Gomez Sarmiento