On April 13, 1896, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a case challenging racial segregation laws in Louisiana. Homer Plessy, a black man who had been arrested for boarding a “white only” passenger car, argued that the state segregation law violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, which abolished slavery and established equal protection of the laws. […]
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White Men Attack Nat King Cole During Performance in Birmingham, Alabama | Equal Justice Initiative
On April 10, 1956, African American singer and pianist Nat King Cole was performing before an all-white audience of 4000 at the Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama, when he was attacked and knocked down by a group of white men. Before the attack, a drunk man near the front row jeered at Mr. Cole, “Negro, […]
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In 1918, A Black Man Avoided Lynching & Convinced The Mob To Donate To His School. | InspireMore
His passion for his students was so strong that not even tornadoes, financial difficulties, or an attempted lynching could stop his work. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In the dictionary, a hero is defined as “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” Oftentimes, heroes work tirelessly behind the scenes to give […]
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Who people believe rules in heaven influences their beliefs about who rules on Earth, Stanford scholars find | Stanford, News
How people visualize God can have real consequences to life on Earth, Stanford research has found. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The researchers, led by Stanford psychologist Steven O. Roberts, conducted a series of studies with U.S. Christians and found that when people conceptualize God as a white man, they are more likely to perceive white male job […]
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Rush Limbaugh Seizes a Chance to Violate the N-Word Taboo (2013) | The Atlantic
The talk-radio host exploits the racial anxieties of Americans to be provocative, and reaps the rewards even when criticized. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Over the years, Rush Limbaugh has raised his profile by deliberately violating various taboos. This excites his fans, who process transgressiveness as bravery, especially if it angers the left. It garners attention from Limbaugh’s […]
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Did Dershowitz Say He Was ‘Not Happy Seeing Nixon’s Gang Being Tried by Blacks and Liberals’? | Snopes
Searching the long quote trails of public figures often turns up interesting statements from days past. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In mid-January 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz would be part of his legal defense team for his upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Shortly afterwards, a quote meme made the rounds […]
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‘I believe in white supremacy’: John Wayne’s notorious 1971 Playboy interview goes viral on Twitter (2019) | The Washington Post
John Wayne is never going to be confused for a progressive by anyone familiar with his life and career. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The actor was famous as one of Hollywood’s staunchest conservatives: a onetime member of the reactionary anti-Communist John Birch Society, a producer for and actor in a film about the ignominious House Un-American Activities […]
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Virginians push to remember historically black high schools | The Washington Post
NORFOLK, Va. — Vivian Monroe-Hester’s high school textbooks harbored hatred in their margins. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] As a teenager at the all-black Booker T. Washington High School in segregated, 1960s-era Virginia, Monroe-Hester studied from used books passed along by white high schools. White students, knowing the texts’ final destination, scrawled their animus atop pictures, beneath paragraphs, […]
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Remembering the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre When Police Shot Dead Three Unarmed Black Students | Democracy Now
The 1968 Orangeburg massacre is one of the most violent and least remembered events of the civil rights movement. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A crowd of students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest segregation at Orangeburg’s only bowling alley. After days of escalating tensions, students started a bonfire and held a vigil […]
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School district faces $12M lawsuit over ‘racist’ photo of African American students | AJC.com
Parents plan to sue a New York school district for $12 million after one of its teachers allegedly wrote the phrase “Monkey do” above a photograph of four African American students who attended a class trip to the Bronx Zoo in November. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A science teacher at Longwood High School took the photo of […]
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