‘I Am Not Your Negro’: James Baldwin and a New Black History
In I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck offers a devastating portrait of Baldwin — and a possible blueprint for political action.
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What Obama Meant to Black Millennials
Among young voters who share the former president’s skin tone, Obama emerges as an unlikely figure who affirmed…
Can Southside St. Petersburg Fight Off Gentrification?
In the face of encroaching gentrification, one historically black Florida neighborhood — and its longtime residents —is fighting back. By…
Eric Garner’s Killer Will Probably Never Be Indicted
And Loretta Lynch’s inaction will have played at least as big a role as Jeff Sessions’ stringent support…
‘Hidden Figures’: Lessons for the Resistance in the Age of Trump
Theodore Melfi’s film about black women mathematicians is now the biggest movie in America — just in time to teach…
With Dylann Roof Sentenced to Death, Black People Are Expected to Forgive
Lessons from Mother Emanuel after the Roof trial. By Brandon Tensley A woman helps fix the memorial in…
African Americans Are Three Times More Likely to Be Killed by Police
One more dive into the statistics on race and police killings. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Yana Paskova/Getty Images)…
Why Are Ambush Killings of Police on the Rise?
Don’t blame the Black Lives Matter movement — the answer is far more complicated. By Jared Keller (Photo: Michael B.…
Why Black Lives Matter Protestors Are Turning to Teaching
What’s behind the affinity between educators and the movement premised on black liberation? Activists say the classroom offers…
The Lost History of the Middle Passage
An interview with Sowande’ Mustakeem. By Corey Atad A diagram of the Brookes slave ship, published in 1788.…