(Part six of six part series)
This is the last installment of my six part series on the history of black rights in America. I...
(Part five of six part series)
In 1896 the Reconstruction era was unequivocally dead when the U.S. Supreme Court officially sanctioned Jim Crow in Plessy...
(Part IV(b) of a six part series)
Unfortunately, with the rise of black political progress during Reconstruction came the rise of white rage and backlash....
(Part IV(a) of six part series):
In the last article I discussed the state of Black rights during slavery by briefly examining two important legal...
In the last article I discussed how the law created American chattel slavery and perpetuated a slave based caste system. In this next section...
(Part II in Series on "The History of Black Rights in America")
The first Africans arriving in what is now known as America did not...
Contrary to what you may believe, the rights of Black people in America have not been progressing in a straight line. Our story does...