Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/american-history/)
Despite its progressive image, Minneapolis is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. That is by design not accident, argues an urban planning scholar.
As memorials to the notorious Civil War era politician get challenged, Douglas’ legacy may offer lessons for the path forward in addressing racism and police brutality.
Some lament that today’s anti-racism movement has no charismatic leaders like the civil rights era did. Such comparisons don’t reflect the real history of the struggle for Black equality in the US.
Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.
In many national crises, black Americans have been essential workers – but serving in crucial roles has not resulted in economic equality.
Black farmers own far less land than they did in 1910 and the racial gap in homeownership is at the highest level for 50 years.
The Chicago Black Panther Party, Rainbow Coalition, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and other historical organizing projects point to the possibilities for harnessing the vast mobilization of outrage we’re seeing today.
The subjugation of black people, enforced by violence and embedded in capitalism, has been the through line of American history.
It took decades for scientists to recognize HIV/AIDS as a new disease, and years longer to mobilize an effective response with broad public support. Will the US do better against novel coronavirus?
Emphasizing foreign origins of a disease can have racist connotations and implications for how people understand their own risk of disease.