Racism

In her new book, Hood College historian Dr. Terry Anne Scott examines how racial lynchings became popular public exhibitions in late 19th- and early 20th-century Texas.

Two leading medical historians discuss ongoing efforts to confront legacies of racism in academic and medical institutions.

Adam Harris, an Atlantic writer who has written a book about HBCUs, discusses last month's rash of bomb threats against these predominantly Black schools.

We’ll go On the Record with Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of the late Anglican archbishop. What lessons should the U.S. learn from South Africa? Why did she initially resist following her father’s footsteps into the priesthood?

The George Mason U. historian's new book chronicles the 20th-century racial-terror lynchings that continue to haunt Maryland's Eastern Shore.

The hip-hop and sports photographer-turned-photojournalist chronicled the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, then bravely documented the insurrectionist assault on the US Capitol.

Georgetown law professor Sheryll Cashin's latest book, “White Space, Black Hood,” traces the history of concentrating opportunity in white areas and willfully neglecting Black neighborhoods. What will it take to undo persistent segregation?

The award-winning journalist, educator and commentator offers a modern context for the landmark 1968 study of racism and police violence.

In Dr. Belew's new book of essays, she and other leading experts examine the rise and growth of the White power movement in America.

The journalist and author says positive social change depends on our being able to talk about racism.