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By Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper effectively banned displays of the Confederate battle flag on U.S. military installations, saying in a memo Friday that the…
By Derek Major, Black Enterprise Activist Angela Davis said in an interview that resurfaced this week she’s rallying behind Joe Biden because it’s crucial to back the candidate “who can…
Monuments glorifying white supremacy are coming down. Will more projects like Ayokunle Odeleye’s rise up in their place? By Emil Moffatt, WABE, NPR In his home workshop in Stone Mountain,…
By Story, Democracy Now We go to Bloomington, Indiana, to speak with the African American human rights commissioner for Monroe County, Vauhxx Booker, who says he survived an attempted lynching…
By Michael E. Miller, EJI MARION, Va. — It had been three weeks since the cross burning. Three weeks since Travon Brown’s sense of triumph from leading a Black Lives…
The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. Here are some formulas for achieving the aim. By Patricia Cohen, The New York Times…
By Joel Burgess, USA TODAY ASHEVILLE, N.C. – In an extraordinary move, the Asheville City Council has apologized for the North Carolina city’s historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial…
Viola Davis appears on the cover of this month’s issue, the first by a Black photographer, in an image meant to be a protest. By Jessica Testa, The New York…
By EJI Staff, EJI On July 15, 1954, at the direction of United States Attorney General Herbert Brownell and under the supervision of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Commissioner Joseph…
By Brakkton Booker, NPR, WAMU 88.5 Nearly a century ago, Tulsa, Okla., was the site of one of the most brutal race massacres in U.S. history. As many as 300…