A sixth-generation South Carolinian asks why Dylann Roof thought he could start a civil war in a historic black church in gentrified Charleston.

So long as we treat each mass shooting, each black death as an isolated tragedy, there’s nothing we can do. Things can change if we look for the patterns.

While the Charleston shooting is unusually horrifying, many of the themes of this tragedy are symptomatic of the nature of hate violence in our country

Six of the nine people who died were black women. One year later, a Brandeis professor examines how black women have endured a legacy of racial violence in the U.S.

The history of the AME Church represents a preeminent case of collective action in the name of social justice.

The new museum opened at a time when the teaching of Black history is under attack by conservative politicians.

On July 6, the South Carolina Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. In the past white-on-black violence has led to real change - but under specific conditions.

Why studying South Carolina’s history led to one graduate student’s activism – and how that experience informs his reflections on the Charleston killing.

Other ‘advanced nations’ make it far harder for someone like the Charleston killer to get his hands on a Glock semiautomatic handgun or any other kind of firearm.

Two major trials in the killings of black victims in South Carolina start this week. Learn about the state’s past and present struggle with racial violence in this roundup.