Civil Rights era
Edward Blum’s crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists
December 5, 2023
By: The Conversation
US has a long history of state lawmakers silencing elected Black officials and taking power from their constituents
September 10, 2023
By: The Conversation
Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion during the 1963 March on Washington − and it changed a good speech to a majestic sermon on an American dream
August 27, 2023
By: The Conversation
NFL icon and social activist Jim Brown leaves a complicated legacy
May 26, 2023
By: The Conversation
Black students in Washington state played key role in the Civil Rights Movement, new book states
April 29, 2023
By: The Conversation
How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
January 15, 2023
By: The Conversation
New Orleans community center rises from ugly history as segregated school
May 5, 2022
By: Courier Newsroom
The blue-eyes, brown-eyes experiment that taught third-graders about racism
February 28, 2022
By: Courier Newsroom
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
January 10, 2022
By: Courier Newsroom
This Week In Black History
January 15, 2014
By: Courier Editor