Just as with so many other criminal justice policies, pretrial detention disproportionately affects African-American men and women, destabilizing black families in the process.
Names of lynching victims at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.
AP/Brynn Anderson
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice helps demonstrate that the lynching of black people was not the fault of victims. But telling this history risks re-traumatizing the black community.
Actress Nicolle Rochelle, who appeared on several episodes of ‘The Cosby Show.’
AP Photo/Corey Perrine, File
Any movement against sexual assault must take into account historical, state-sanctioned violence against black women in the US that goes back centuries.
Donald Trump’s recent comments about African-American voters reflect his historical ignorance, but also call attention to an overlooked chapter of US racial history.
Florida’s Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson meets with residents of Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, where Donald Trump also campaigned in 2016.
AP Photo/Alan Diaz
Caribbean immigrants in Miami are upending old assumptions about black voters in Florida. Neither party should take them for granted in this November's midterm election.
Many claim that bouncers use dress codes to discriminate. But is it systemic?
Discotech
Forty years ago, the Mormon church reversed restrictions on its members of African-American descent. Today, the church wants to celebrate the value of its diversity.
Muslims praying in Puerto Rico.
AP Photo/Tomas van Houtryve
Three studies found that customers and managers rate black employee performance lower than white employees because they're perceived as unfriendly or rude.
Kendrick Lamar performs during the Festival d'ete de Quebec on July 7, 2017.
Amy Harris/AP Photo
Hip-hop heads around the world are rejoicing over Kendrick Lamar's win. But it's been a tumultuous ride for a genre once derided as 'pornographic filth.'
Paul Harvey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
King Jr., remembered today mainly for his non violent resistance, was a radical reformer who called for a fundamental redistribution of economic power and resources .
National Guardsmen move into Detroit’s riot-torn area, July 23, 1967.
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Donald Nieman, Binghamton University, State University of New York
One of the harshest critiques of white racism appeared 50 years ago in the federal government's own Kerner Commission report. And racism may be why the report's recommendations were largely ignored.
‘Farewell, to all my greatness’ — President Andrew Johnson’s departure from office was lampooned by Harper’s Weekly.
Library of Congress
A minority politics scholar assesses black progress 52 years after MLK's death based on poverty, jobs and wealth. 'In some ways,' she concludes, 'we've barely budged as a people.'