By Cheryl Thompson, Toronto Metropolitan University In her groundbreaking book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom,…
Tag: segregation
DOJ voluntarily dismisses 50-year-old Louisiana desegregation case
After over 50 years, an open desegregation case against Plaquemines Parish School Board filed by the U.S. Department of Justice…
Hundreds attend funeral for Henry L. Marsh, Richmond, Virginia’s first Black mayor
RICHMOND, VA — Hundreds of people, including elected and community leaders, gathered on Saturday for funeral services honoring Henry L.…
Civil rights activist James Meredith honored with historical marker in Mississippi
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. — A historical marker was unveiled in Mississippi town that was home to 91-year-old civil rights leader James…
The story of one Mississippi county shows how private schools are exacerbating segregation
The scoreboard glowed with the promise of another Friday night football game in Liberty, Mississippi, a small town near the…
Why Quincy Jones should be prominently featured in US music education − his absence reflects how racial segregation still shapes American classrooms
By Philip Ewell, Hunter College Quincy Jones, who died on Nov. 3, 2024, at the age of 91, was one…
Trump’s next HUD secretary would have a lot to do to address the history of racist housing policy – and Trump’s own comments and history suggest that’s unlikely
Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While…
Segregation academies in Mississippi are benefiting from public dollars, as they did in the 1960s
By Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon, ProPublica Series: Segregation Academies: Decades After Desegregation, Private Schools Still Divide More in…
New Orleans schools still separate and unequal 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
By Connie L. Schaffer, University of Nebraska Omaha; Martha Graham Viator, Rowan University, and Meg White, Stockton University Sixty-four years…
Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation
By Binita Mahato, Auburn University Montgomery, Alabama, touts itself as the birthplace of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. But although…
