Reparation opponents who oppose truth and reconciliation by insisting that America’s “original sin” of slavery is in the distant past should heed the lessons of Canada and South Africa.
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Municipal swimming pools flourished in the 20th century. But too often, their success was based on the exclusion of African Americans.
Scudder’s approach was grounded in trust and mutual respect. There would be no guards, no weapons, no walls and no uniforms.
Denied an education in 1930s Australia because she was too black, Isabel Flick went on to fight segregation at her local cinema in the early 1960s. She became a powerful campaigner for Indigenous rights.
Segregation is not just a problem in London – it’s happening in cities all over the world.
From spirituals about the trials of slavery to the fight for civil rights and the modern rhythms of swing music, Duke Ellington told a story about black life that was both beautiful and complex.
Eleven percent of Americans spend more than half of their paycheck on housing. These households rate their health as lower and are less likely to have access to enough nutritious food.
A scholar of discrimination law explains why regulations set up in the 1960s are still critical to protecting racial groups today.
The country’s ‘Black Mecca’ is hosting the Super Bowl. With the NFL’s national anthem controversy still lingering, this creates an undeniable paradox.
The Australian justice system must do more to acknowledge the colonial system on which it is built, which inherently privileges whiteness.
Understanding the impact of Apartheid requires looking beyond Nelson Mandela’s achievements to the bloody struggles of the African National Congress and international forces prolonging the violence.
Brasília was designed to be a just and inclusive city, but it still failed. Can Egypt’s new capital avoid the same mistakes?
Summer time and time to cool off in a pool or lake? The statistics reveal that race complicates the issue: in the U.S., Black people drown at five times the rate of white people.
One year after Charlottesville’s white supremacist march, US racism is seen primarily as a Southern-grown problem. But Jim Crow laws started in the North, which has a long history of systemic racism.
Americans have debated what it means to be Christian in politics throughout their history. Those debates continue today.
The fault lines between highly segregated neighbourhoods have been linked to higher crime rates and mental health issues.
Where people live in the US is still often influenced by racial discrimination. Is the federal government doing enough to carry out the vision of the civil rights era legislation?
African-American minister, theologian and mystic, Howard Thurman, left a profound influence on Martin Luther King Jr.
A dating site has been told to take down its ads, but science highlights some fascinating truths about internet love.
In the 1960s, white newspaper journalists exploited racial divisions to help build the GOP’s southern firewall.
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