Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part V, From the LA Riots to the Release of ‘Selma’ Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part V, From the LA Riots to the Release of ‘Selma’
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1991 to 2015.
Mar 3, 2015 / The Nation
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part IV, From the Ban on Segregation in Housing to Freedom for Nelson Mandela Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part IV, From the Ban on Segregation in Housing to Freedom for Nelson Mandela
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1968 to 1990.
Feb 27, 2015 / The Nation
Dori Maynard and the Unfinished Business of Integrating the News Dori Maynard and the Unfinished Business of Integrating the News
Maynard was a champion of the idea that newsrooms needed to reflect the communities they covered and served.
Feb 26, 2015 / Dani McClain
Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed
Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.
Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1957 to 1968.
Feb 24, 2015 / The Nation
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part II Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part II
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1919 to 1956.
Feb 20, 2015 / The Nation
On the Problems of Breathing in America On the Problems of Breathing in America
Raising black sons in a white country.
Feb 16, 2015 / Jane Lazarre
FBI Director on Police Violence: ‘Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist’ FBI Director on Police Violence: ‘Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist’
In what was billed as a “bold” speech on race, James Comey offered platitudes and excuses.
Feb 12, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1865 to 1919.
Feb 10, 2015 / The Nation
From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect
Baldwin yielded to nobody in his quest to weed racism out of the American garden—root and branch.
Feb 10, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith