Segregation
'We're White': Virginia Newspaper's Radical Confession Gets Swift Pushback
The reporting team is launching a series focusing on segregation in Norfolk, Virginia.
Who Is Felicitas Mendez? Google Doodle Celebrates Civil Rights Pioneer
Felicitas Mendez is remembered for successfully suing a school district that refused to enroll her children based on their ethnicity, paving the way for the integration of Californian public schools.
John Lewis Remembers His Arrest For Using a 'White' Bathroom 59 Years Ago
The future U.S. Congressman John Lewis was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961 for using a "white" bathroom during his time as a young civil rights activist.
Calling the Protests a 'City Problem' Is a Dangerous Dog Whistle
When Republican politicians brag about living in the suburbs and call for "law and order" to keep cities in line, they are denying America's history of systemic racism—and its strong geographic components.
Kamala Harris Previously Confronted Biden Over Segregation Record
"It was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States Senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race," Harris told Biden last year.
Florida High School Discovers Nearly 150 Coffins Buried on Property
The ruins of a forgotten largely African American cemetery were apparently found buried underneath a Florida high school after scans revealed 145 coffins on school property, officials announced Wednesday.
Students disciplined after putting racist signs over water fountains
Numerous people shared the image of the two fountains on social media and called for the school to investigate.
Joe Biden Insists 'I Don't Have to Atone' for Calling Busing 'Asinine'
"Look, my record stands for itself. I've never been accused by anybody in my state or when I've been running as not being an overwhelming supporter of civil rights and civil liberties," he said.
Biden Compares Trump Election to Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Joe Biden compared the election of President Donald Trump to the "reawakening" that occurred among Baby Boomers after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy.
Why Brown v. Board of Ed Could Be in Jeopardy, 65 Years Later
"The refusal by some nominees to say that [Brown v. Board of Ed] was correctly decided sends a dangerous signal to all Americans—especially African Americans," wrote Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference in a letter to Senate.
New Race in America Survey Highlights 'Racial Residential Segregation'
The Pew Research Center survey finds that Americans largely interact with members of their own race or ethnicity.
America Is Racist: So What Do We Do Now?
With hate crimes on the rise, the message from activist lawyer Bryan Stevenson couldn't be more urgent.
Hyde-Smith Reportedly Attended All-White High School
Hyde-Smith has faced backlash ever since she made racially-charged remarks during a campaign appearance on November 2 where she made reference to a "public hanging."
NYC School Ends Program Determining Homeroom by Race
The school's director defended the policy on the basis that research shows there are benefits to students being in classrooms with students of the same racial background.
School Segregation in America As Bad As the 1960s
American schools are as racially divided today as they were in the 1960s. Case in point: Charlotte, North Carolina.
Republishing Old 'Green Book' Guides in Age of Trump
"There's a lot of fear that we are sliding back, that the worst times may come again."
Low-Income Students Hit Hardest In Public Schools
Poverty and segregation drive the gap between public schools across the United States.
Trump Ruined a Museum Opening for Civil Rights Leaders
And what the president can nevertheless learn from the museum.
Slavery, Lynching, Racism Inescapable at New Memorial
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to
Mass Incarceration will open on April 26, 2018.
Black in America: 'Slavery Didn't End. It Evolved'
Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative partnered with the Brooklyn Museum on a new exhibit that confronts 'racial terror in America,' from slavery through mass incarceration.
Sessions's Roots Lie in the Lazy, Laughing South
The attorney general is the true white nationalist messiah and the wheelhouse of the Trump Revolution.
School Segregation Is Getting Worse
Schools across the United States are becoming less diverse, says a troubling new report.
Racial Segregation Is on the Rise in American Schools
While racial segregation in U.S. schools plummeted between the late 1960s and 1980, it has steadily increased ever since.
Free Speech Is Not, Repeat Not a Hate Crime.
Once the rights of racists and even Nazis were fiercely defended by liberal groups.
Why Johnny Can't Integrate
The most remarkable thing about school integration in the United States is how rare it is, and has always been.
Is Britain More Diverse Now Than Ever?
British neighborhoods have never been more ethnically mixed.
John Oliver Explains the Dangers of School Segregation
"While this always gets framed as an issue about parents and their children, it's actually about everybody," Oliver says. "Because kids grow up."
Court: Mississippi Town Must Desegregate Schools
The decision came after a 50-year battle with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Israeli Lawmaker Backs Arab-Jew Hospital Segregation
Right-wing politician Bezalel Smotrich tweeted that he does not "enjoy being next to" Arabs.
Charlotte's Shame: The Return of Racially Segregated Schools
Half of Charlotte's schools have at least 80 percent of students of one race.