This bold and timely anthology interrogates the British monarchy through the lens of race, gender...

From 'black girl magic' to Black Lives Matter, the second decade of the 21st century is defined b...

Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman elected to the US Senate. Her work helpe...

This title takes a look at George Floyd's death at the hands of police, explores the history of p...

This title explores the roles police officers have in US society and the history of policing, inc...

Marriage, Race, and the Law explores the history of interracial marriage in the United States. Th...

Race and College Sports looks at the role race plays in the promotion and exploitation of black a...

How Slaves Built America delves into the history of how slave labor helped build the US economy a...

During the American Civil War, escaped slaves found refuge near Union forts. They formed communit...

The March on Washington was the largest protest gathering in the American civil rights movement. ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Dennis Banks and Russell Means helped lead the fight for Native civil rig...

These days it's become easier than ever to customize social media feeds to include only informati...

March Fong Eu was the first Asian American woman to serve as California's secretary of state. As ...

During the civil rights movement, Black churches were places of hope and refuge. Many Black relig...

Americans are fighting back against police violence, calling for police departments to be reforme...

The discovery of a vaccine for polio in the 1950s has prevented millions of cases of this severe ...

The creation of the Internet has brought the world together and made possible a vast array of new...

In the 1960s, African Americans protested for equal rights in the United States. In the 1970s, Ca...

When black bus rider Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955, she hel...

The Thirteenth Amendment was passed after the end of American Civil War. It was meant to abolish ...

Racial bias, both implicit and explicit, is easy to see in American news media. Race and the Medi...

In 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Alabama. The young men were accused of crimes they...

Employment, Race, and the Law dives into the history of employment discrimination toward people o...

From slavery to Jim Crow segregation, racism has a long, deeply rooted history in the United Stat...

In the 1950s, NASA relied on human computers. These skilled women did calculations by hand. While...

President George Washington and his wife enslaved more than 150 people in the mid-1700s. In 1796,...

In 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving were arrested in Virginia for breaking the state's law agains...

The hip-hop movement began with a party in 1973. Musicians, dancers, and artists were a part of t...

Fannie Lou Hamer was an influential African American activist in the 1960s and 1970s. She fought ...

In 1921, a race riot erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma. White residents burned down black-owned business...

Calvin Spann was a fighter pilot during World War II, when the US military was segregated. He fou...

Being Transgender in America

Booker T. Washington helped shape the education system for African Americans in the aftermath of ...

In the late 1800s, racial tensions between white and Chinese Americans were high. The US governme...

Harriet Robinson Scott was an enslaved woman who fought for her right to freedom. Harriet and her...

Aretha Franklin was a legendary singer and activist. Her music helped shape the civil rights move...

LGBTQ Social Movements in America looks at social change movements in the country's LGBTQ history...

Motown music emerged in the United States in the 1960s. It launched the careers of many African A...

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd died while in the custody of four officers of Minnesota's Minneapol...

The civil rights sit-ins sparked the larger civil rights movement, inspiring many people to prote...

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and there is great racial ineq...

In 2015, the US Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country in the decision ...

In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, L...

African American author Richard Wright wrote about racial discrimination and injustice in the mid...

LGBTQ Rights and the Law explores the history of legislation affecting the LGBTQ community, inclu...

What started as a hashtag in 2013 quickly grew into the Black Lives Matter movement. Black Lives ...

This book offers a rigorous and historically grounded analysis of Black women s political thought...