Segregation
HBO's 'Show Me a Hero' Goes Deep on the Nitty Gritty of Racial Politics
Baltimore in 2015 looks a lot like Yonkers, New York, in 1988—which makes HBO's Show Me a Hero timely and depressing.
Does Affordable Housing Perpetuate Racial Segregation?
A new lawsuit claims New York's affordable housing program discriminates against blacks and Latinos.
Confederate Flag's Place at the South Carolina Statehouse Questioned After Church Shooting
Historian calls out the state on Twitter for honoring the flag after a suspected hate crime.
Defining Racial Integration for the 21st Century
The NAACP has a long history of promoting racial integration that is sorely lacking on a national level.
Black Like Me: A White Man's Experience of Segregation
John Howard Griffin's experience of "black passing" in the American South during the late 1950s allowed him to examine the injustices of segregation from a piercing new perspective.
Photographs: Martin Luther King Jr.'s America
King's movement was born out of America's history of segregation, racism and civil unrest.
Newsweek Rewind: 60 Years Since Brown v. Board of Ed Desegregated U.S. Schools
The Supreme Court's unanimous decision changed the country and was a major win for the civil rights movement