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Did Medgar Evers' Killer Go Free Because of Jury Tampering?

Did Medgar Evers' Killer Go Free Because of Jury Tampering?

Jerry Mitchell Revisits a Dark Episode in the Struggle for Civil Rights

By Jerry Mitchell | February 24, 2020

The Private Cost of Public Heroism: On Rosa Parks' Life in Detroit

The Private Cost of Public Heroism: On Rosa Parks' Life in Detroit

Susan Reyburn Follows the Life of a Civil Rights Icon

By Susan Reyburn | January 28, 2020

<em>Oxford American</em>, one of the great lit mags of the American South, gets a facelift.

Oxford American, one of the great lit mags of the American South, gets a facelift.

By Aaron Robertson | September 11, 2019

Growing Up At Ground Zero of American Apartheid

Growing Up At Ground Zero of American Apartheid

Greg Bottoms on Historical Amnesia in the American South

By Greg Bottoms | May 1, 2019

How America Remembers Emmett Till

How America Remembers Emmett Till

"Hatred could not justify child murder, but fear could."

By Elliott Gorn | November 15, 2018

How Slavery Lives On in the American Prison-Industrial Complex

How Slavery Lives On in the American Prison-Industrial Complex

Jabari Asim on Policing–and Profiting From–Black Bodies

By Jabari Asim | October 16, 2018

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