The Brown vs. Board of Education case ruled that racial segregation in public school was unconstitutional, but White residents in Prince Edward County, Virginia found […]
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1968 commission reveals why racism in America hasn’t gone away
Fifty-three years ago a government commission investigated civil unrest and racial inequality in America. The results shocked the country but mostly faded into history. Fred […]
Continue readingThe KKK: Its history and lasting legacy
Since Christmas Eve in 1865, membership in the Ku Klux Klan ignited and multiplied three separate times, in each instance enacting brutal violence and terror […]
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