Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, ...
Claudette Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955 was a key moment in the US civil rights ...
In 1956, Colvin became one of four plaintiffs in a case that successfully challenged Montgomery’s segregated bus seating as ...
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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of Civil Rights Movement, dies at 86
Colvin was arrested months before Rosa Parks gained international fame before refusing to give up her seat on a segregated ...
A three-year analysis of Louisiana State Police data shows troopers use force against Black people at a rate that’s out of ...
Despite its official government recognition in 1975, scholars say Black History Month started decades earlier with the work ...
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The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts
The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, a major boon ...
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed ...
When I said that Donald Trump was America’s worst self-inflicted injury, I did not know, at the time, how wrong I was. The ...
A new exhibit in Fort Lauderdale will show the changing landscape of its historically Black community. The exhibit “Sistrunk Then & Now” opens Thursday at the Old Dillard Museum in Fort Lauderdale, ...
Whether it is the traditional green, black and brown patterns seen on military uniforms or the more flamboyant “Dazzle Ships” of World War I, a new exhibit coming to the District’s International Spy ...
In 1924, Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, also known as the Snyder Act, which turned all noncitizen Indians born ...
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