Charles Person, Youngest of the Original Freedom Riders, Dies at 82Charles Person was a key figure in the Freedom Riders, risking his life for civil rights and integration of interstate bus terminals.
Blame modern decisions, not just ancient history, for economic inequality | Torsten BellHistorical events have a profound impact on contemporary economic outcomes, according to persistence studies in economics.
Granderson: Praising the Jim Crow era? That's a clear red flagThe Reconstruction era ended not due to achieving equality but a political compromise, leading to the implementation of Jim Crow laws.
Blame modern decisions, not just ancient history, for economic inequality | Torsten BellHistorical events have a profound impact on contemporary economic outcomes, according to persistence studies in economics.
Granderson: Praising the Jim Crow era? That's a clear red flagThe Reconstruction era ended not due to achieving equality but a political compromise, leading to the implementation of Jim Crow laws.
How Black Americans in the South Boldly Defied Jim Crow to Build Business Empires of Their OwnMaggie Lena Walker passionately challenged racial prejudice while promoting economic empowerment for the Black community in early 20th-century Virginia.
70 years after Brown v. Board of Education: 'No kid should ever be left behind'The landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling ended racial segregation but disparities in education persisted