Racism & Racial Ideas

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The Prairie Dog is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804.
Not American Enough? This Political Slur Has a Long History
Contrabands—fugitive slaves—cooks, laundresses, laborers, teamsters, railroad repair crews—fled to the Union Army, but were not officially freed until 1863 by the Emancipation Proclamation.
In Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Central Role of Slavery Must Not Be Forgotten
“Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,” 1861.
The Civil War: Losing the War, Winning the History
Fox News commentator and Tea Party favorite Glenn Beck addresses supporters at his "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 2010.
American Populism and the Persistence of the Paranoid Style
Isaac W. Williams (front) in a file photo from the 1960s.
Still Fighting the Civil War in South Carolina
"The National Game. Three Outs and One Run." Drawing depicting the four candidates of the 1860 United States presidential election (L to R): John Bell, Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and Abraham Lincoln. The artist is comparing the election to a baseball game.
The Election of 1860 and Secession — to Preserve Slavery
President George W. Bush signs "No Child Left Behind" into law in 2002.
Updating ‘No Child Left Behind:’ Change, or More of the Same
The Wilds' former home in Detroit, MI.
Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America
Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington DC.
Bicentennial for Two Great Emancipators
A home for sale in Columbus, OH. Picture by the author.
(Fore)Closing on the American Dream
A teacher and her students in an elementary school classroom.
When a Good Public Education Becomes a Constitutional Right
Jackie Robinson
Living Up to Jackie Robinson
Immigrants on ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty, New York City, 1887.
Strangers in the Land: An Old Theme Replayed
Two baseballs.
Why Dick Allen Never Reached the Hall
US Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
“Operation Mississippi Freedom”: When State-Sponsored Terrorism Was American
The Education of Little Tree by Forest Carter book cover.
Fake Autobiographies: A Great American Tradition
An integrated classroom in Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., in 1957.
The Unfinished Business of School Desegregation
Integrated classroom in 1955.
The Long-Term Legacies of Brown v. Board
The historic Floyd County Courthouse in Rome, Georgia.
Marcus Dixon or Strom Thurmond: Which Is the Predator?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. exiting a plane in 1964.
King in Time; King in time
President JFK giving an address on civil rights in June, 1963.
A President Who Was Still Growing
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1963.
Giving Up on the Dream?
The 2011 edition of Austin Pride.
Gay Rights: Separate but Equal?
Custis Lee (1832–1913) on horseback in front of the Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, Virginia on June 3, 1907, reviewing Confederate Reunion Parade.
Trent Lott and the Collapse of Southern Mythology