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The U.S. was a global leader in codified racism, and its race laws fascinated Adolf Hitler and other German Nazis, who praised America's system of institutional racism, believing it to be a model to follow in their Reich.
May 3, 2023 · Judy Woodruff examines how that founding contradiction has evolved and what it means for our challenges today. It's part of her series, America at a Crossroads.
May 18, 2024 · In the United States, racism came under increasing attack during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s, and laws and social policies that enforced racial segregation and permitted racial discrimination against African Americans were gradually eliminated.
Jul 10, 2020 · Progressive thinkers, abolitionists and, eventually, formerly enslaved people including the writer Olaudah Equiano began critiquing the roots and effects of racial prejudice as early as the 1770s.
Overview and Timelines. The history of the United States is often taught from the perspective of the dominant culture (that is, from a colonizer’s perspective), without acknowledgement of the racist policies and actions of the U.S. government. These policies include the genocide of Native Americans and the continued breaking of numerous ...
Jun 4, 2020 · 1. Historical Context. 2. Systemic Inequality. 3. Anti-Black Violence. 4. Protest. 5. Intersectionality. 6. Allyship and Education. Historical Context. Between 1525 and 1866, 12.5 million people...
Tragically, American culture, from the very beginning, developed around the ideas of race and racism. The racial identity of “white” has evolved throughout history. Initially, it referred only to Anglo-Saxon people.
Jan 24, 2022 · George Floyd’s dying under Derek Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations. People across the country continue to call for justice in...
Feb 22, 2017 · Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, James Baldwin are familiar figures. Far less so is Samuel Morton (champion of the obsolete theory of polygenesis) or Thomas Dixon (author of novels...
Sep 22, 2020 · September 22, 2020. Racial justice protests in America have existed for centuries, yet the nation has not fully reconciled with a violent and racist history that continues to impact communities of color to this day. Berkeley News will take a deeper look through a “Racial Justice in America” series. (Photo courtesy of UC Berkeley Bancroft Library)
