History of Black America

Affirmative action policies are the product of struggles from below demanding measurable action to remedy a history of oppression.

Fifty years ago, students at San Francisco State were fighting racism and repression during the longest student strike in U.S. history.

On the anniversary of an infamous teachers strike against Black community control in New York, an ex-teacher tells his defiant story.

The achievements of the Black freedom struggle during Reconstruction after the Civil War inspired others to fight their oppression.

Black Panther and revolutionary prisoner George Jackson continues to inspire nearly 50 years after his murder in prison.

A new collection divulges a treasure trove of anti-racist writings from the American socialist movement of the early 20th century.

The legacy of slavery and the ongoing fact of racism aren’t confined to former slave states with Civil War monuments.

"Nothing can be changed until it is faced," wrote James Baldwin, and a new generation is learning from him about the challenges we face today.

The flag of the Confederacy and monuments to its leaders lionize slavery. Taking them down is part of opposing a racist system.

By equating George Washington and Robert E. Lee, Trump wants to whitewash racism, but that doesn't mean we revere Washington.

President Trump was right about Frederick Douglass--he has done an amazing job and is recognized for it everywhere he goes!

I Am Not Your Negro is a personalized history of the civil rights and Black Power era, through the words of James Baldwin.