Horace Duncan and Fred Coker Lynched in Springfield, Missouri
Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1906, two innocent black men named Horace Duncan and Fred Coker (aka Jim Copeland) were abducted from the county jail by a white mob…
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Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1906, two innocent black men named Horace Duncan and Fred Coker (aka Jim Copeland) were abducted from the county jail by a white mob…
Before you criticize Trump’s new press secretary for rooting against everything black, you must acknowledge that everyone hates something. For me, it’s balled up tissue. After every church service, when…
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Since my TED talk entitled “How Whistle-blowers Shape History” in October 2018, I’ve had the honor to meet courageous whistleblowers all over the world. This monthly series will highlight whistle-blowers…
In the first cartoon Elizabeth Montague published in the New Yorker, two black women stand on a rooftop that overlooks a darkened cityscape. Above them, a Batman-inspired spotlight beams a…
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…
On April 11, 1913, recently inaugurated President Woodrow Wilson received Postmaster General Albert Burleson’s plan to segregate the Railway Mail Service. Burleson reported that he found it “intolerable” that white…
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The rising death toll, disproportionately among black residents, has led Michigan to create a racial disparities task force. An aunt, an uncle, and a cousin have tested positive for coronavirus,…
Nancy Redd, author of Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers, dedicated herself to boosting the self-esteem of much younger girls in her latest book, Bedtime Bonnet.…