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2020: The year America confronted racism. Americans were living through history in 2020 as the country was forced to reconcile the past and the present. The Covid-19 pandemic, which many had ...
Dec 29, 2021 · WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 24: Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) speaks at a press event with Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-AL) and Texas House Democratic lawmakers outside of the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 24, 2021 ...
Look back at the moments in politics, policing and culture that defined the extraordinary year in which America was forced to confront racism – and in some cases moved the needle toward change.
May 3, 2023 · In many respects, it can be traced back to the founding of a nation on the promise of freedom while dependent on slavery, a time when many couldn’t participate in the democracy being created ...
- Historical Context
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- Anti-Black Violence
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- Intersectionality
- Allyship and Education
Between 1525 and 1866,12.5 million people were kidnapped from Africa and sent to the Americas through the transatlantic slave trade. Only 10.7 million survived the harrowing two month journey. Comprehending the sheer scale of this forced migration—and slavery’s subsequentspread across the country viainterregional trade—can be a daunting task, but a...
Racial, economic and educational disparities are deeply entrenched in U.S. institutions. Though the Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created equal,” American democracy has historically—and oftenviolently—excluded certain groups. “Democracy means everybody can participate, it means you are sharing power with people you don’t know...
In addition to enduring centuries of enslavement, exploitation and inequality, African Americans have long been the targets of racially charged physical violence. Per the Alabama-basedEqual Justice Initiative, more than4,400 lynchings—mob killings undertaken without legal authority—took place in the U.S. between the end of Reconstruction and World ...
The history ofprotest and revoltin the United States is inextricably linked with the racial violence detailed above. Prior to the Civil War, enslaved individuals rarely revolted outright. Nat Turner, whose 1831 insurrection ended in his execution, was one of the rare exceptions. A fervent Christian, he drew inspiration from the Bible. His personal ...
In layman’s terms,intersectionality refers to the multifaceted discrimination experienced by individuals who belong to multiple minority groups. As theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw explains in avideo published by NMAAHC, these classifications run the gamut from race to gender, gender identity, class, sexuality and disability. A black woman who identifies...
Individuals striving to becomebetter allies by educating themselves and taking decisive action have an array of options for getting started. Begin with NMAAHC’s “Talking About Race” portal, which features sections onbeing antiracist,whiteness,bias,social identities and systems of oppression,self-care,race and racial identity, thehistorical foundati...
May 31, 2022 · It was 1961, and across the South, college students, faith leaders, shop owners, high school students, civil rights leaders and many others risked their lives to battle white supremacy. They ...
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Jan 22, 2021 · Last summer’s widespread protests against police brutality and racial inequality — taking place in the midst of a pandemic that has exacted a heavy toll on communities of color — forced the nation to face the reality of the continuing toxic effects of centuries of systemic racism, a reality that many Americans know all too well.
