Justice

In the 1930s, the Germans were fascinated by the global leader in legal racism—the United States.

Throughout history, one would be hard-pressed to find an example of black protest that most white people found acceptable at the time.

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.

Even as a child, Eugene Williams was not safe from the harm caused by the ways of northern racism.

The real history of the Second Amendment.

Activists can’t persuade their contemporaries—they’re aiming at the next generation.

Why the “Founders’ Intent” doesn’t matter.

The Supreme Court is about to take up another blockbuster voting rights case. At its core is a struggle over the limits of history.

The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.

The spectre of Dred Scott is haunting St. Louis.

The Supreme Court and non-unanimous juries.

What we can learn from the FBI’s latest round of crime statistics.

The football players are following in a long tradition of protest.

The belief endures, from Armstrong’s time that visible, affluent African-American entertainers are obliged to adopt a pose of ceaseless gratitude.

A riot represents people making history.

We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.

How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.

While the U.S. has expanded its borders of inclusion over time, the borders of whiteness have never fallen. Only a robust black public sphere can change that.

A profile of Ibram X. Kendi, the founder of American University's new anti-racism center.

Comparing the methods of Oxford University in the U.K. with those of the University of Mississippi shows there’s much to learn.

After gunning down his wife's lover in broad daylight, Daniel Sickles tried to escape the gallows by claiming he was out of his mind.

In 1966, Atlanta Project members wrote a paper on the future of white liberals in the civil rights movement.

As Americans debated how the Civil War period is publicly commemorated, a battle over a related question was finally put to rest.

Here's what he thinks about national anthem protests.

The anniversary of two major revolts remind us that tough-on-crime policies have created intense suffering in our prisons.

100 years after a riot that left 19 people dead, descendants of the men held responsible are asking for posthumous pardons.

The civil rights activist and her family had to contend with racial discrimination beyond Montgomery.

What are Latin American ideas about race, and how have they been formed in relation to the U.S. and vice versa?

Native Americans' fights for environmental protection should not be seen as battles against progress.

A major investigation reveals that white parents are leading a secession movement with dire consequences for black children.