This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: MediaVillage
Jun 9, 2020
The New Deal era Negro Theater Project brought the story of the black experience to its audiences. Modern media industry leaders should use that framework when addressing racial injustice.
Source: ProPublica
Jun 9, 2020
by Wendi C. Thomas
Wendi C. Thomas is a black journalist who has covered police in Memphis. One officer admitted to spying on her. She’s on a long list of prominent black journalists and activists who have been subjected to police surveillance over decades.
Source: NPR
Jun 9, 2020
The dire economic inequalities between black and white Americans documented by the Kerner Commission's report have not vanished.
Source: The Conversation
Jun 8, 2020
The suffrage movement that led to the 19th Amendment was intertwined with many other social reform movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but the broad demands of egalitarian reforms activists wanted remain unfulfilled.
Source: WCRB
Jun 8, 2020
Daily images of police pushing back protesters with excessive force have also resulted in a surge of traumatic memories for some members of the Little Rock Nine.
Source: Minnesota Monthly
Jun 8, 2020
On June 15, 1920, three black men were lynched in Duluth; now, the Minnesota Historical Society is making sure this crime is not forgotten.
Source: WBUR
Jun 8, 2020
One Harvard student says that these faculty members "help us grow as people, as thinkers, as learners" and are "integral" to their education.
Source: Newsweek
Jun 8, 2020
The technology used in this project could "revolutionize" archaeological studies of ancient urban sites.
Source: The New York Times
Jun 8, 2020
When demonstrators dumped the monument to a slave trader into Bristol Harbor, they galvanized a debate that echoes conversations happening in the American South about statues of Confederate generals.
Source: Reuters
Jun 8, 2020
Protesters took direct action to remove a monument to slave trader Edward Colston after officially sanctioned discussions failed to yield action.
Source: Washington Post
Jun 8, 2020
The Washington Post editors have compiled a reading list from the paper's archives: stories that report the history of racial inequality in America and the ongoing presence of the past.
Source: The Atlantic
Jun 8, 2020
Former Michigan Governor George Romney practiced a commitment to civil rights and fair housing even at political cost.
Source: WHYY
Jun 7, 2020
The nonprofit organization Mural Arts Philadelphia plans to replace it with "a new mural project that can reflect the fabric of S. 9th Street."
Source: The Charlotte Observer
Jun 7, 2020
In South Carolina, 2020 is markedly different from 1968. Here's how.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Jun 7, 2020
"For too long the U.S. has looked the other way as the Chinese Communist Party has waged a new cold war against the American order," writes Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher.
Source: NBC News
Jun 7, 2020
Historians who uncovered a message from "Queen Elizabeth" believe its misinterpretation helped persuade the shah not to flee Iran at a pivotal moment.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Jun 7, 2020
The breadth and inclusivity of protests against police abuses is unlike prior waves of activism and experts suggest it may secure change where others have failed.
Source: CNN
Jun 7, 2020
"Our history as a nation, and events like the violence in Charlottesville in 2017, highlight the divisiveness the use of the Confederate battle flag has had on our society," said the Marines in a statement posted to Twitter.
Source: WAMU
Jun 6, 2020
Protests over George Floyd's murder have given a new urgency to demands to remove public tributes to officers of the Confederate States of America.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
Jun 5, 2020
The U.S. government’s response to anti-racism protests risks causing lasting damage to American credibility and influence in protecting minorities and oppressed groups worldwide.
