The coronavirus entered Milwaukee from a white, affluent suburb. Then it took root in the city’s black community and erupted. As public health officials watched … African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming RateRead more
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COVID-19 Kills Disproportionate Number of Black Americans
In Michigan and Illinois, African Americans make up, oh, 14 to 15% of the population but account for 41% of the COVID-19 deaths. In Chicago … COVID-19 Kills Disproportionate Number of Black AmericansRead more
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America’s Drug Wars: Fifty Years of Reinforcing Racism
Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon stood before the White House press corps, staffers at his side, to announce “a new, … America’s Drug Wars: Fifty Years of Reinforcing RacismRead more
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Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990
Picture this: two babies born on the same day, maybe even within the same hour, at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. One … Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990Read more
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Germany’s Apology for Its 1904-1908 Genocide in Namibia
Germany, which recently apologized for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century, which took place in its former colony known as German … Germany’s Apology for Its 1904-1908 Genocide in NamibiaRead more
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Johns Hopkins, Namesake of Baltimore Hospital and University, Enslaved Black People
Johns Hopkins, the 19th century businessman and namesake of the prestigious hospital and university in Baltimore, Maryland, enslaved at least four Black people before the … Johns Hopkins, Namesake of Baltimore Hospital and University, Enslaved Black PeopleRead more
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The Tulsa Massacre: Remembering the History of ‘Black Wall Street’
When HBO’s TV series Watchmen (2019) and Lovecraft Country (2020) splashed across our screens, recreating the historical event now known as the Tulsa Massacre, Americans … The Tulsa Massacre: Remembering the History of ‘Black Wall Street’Read more
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Classes Used Bones of Black Children Killed in 1985 MOVE Police Bombing
Outrage is growing in Philadelphia after explosive revelations that the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University have been in possession of remains thought to belong … Classes Used Bones of Black Children Killed in 1985 MOVE Police BombingRead more
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100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
President Biden traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the single greatest acts of racist … 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacreRead more
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Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
Do African Americans have Second Amendment rights? That’s the question Emory University professor Carol Anderson set out to answer in her new book, “The Second,” … Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal AmericaRead more