Oak Park, Montgomery’s first park, was white-only until the mid-1960s. Binita Mahato, CC BY-ND
by Binita Mahato, Auburn University
Montgomery, Alabama, touts itself as the birthplace...
1904 Olympic marathon participants Len Tau (left) and Jan Mashiani of South Africa. Missouri History Museum
by Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University
Who were the first Africans...
More than half of Detroiters rent Detroit’s aging housing stock. Suzanne Tucker/Getty Images
by Roshanak Mehdipanah, University of Michigan; Kate Brantley, University of Michigan, and...
The Michigan State Police force is predominantly White and male. Doug Coombe
by Ann Marie Ryan, Michigan State University
Experts see increasing diversity among police as...
Researchers studying suicide haven’t included enough Black people, but one study points the finger at a familiar cause for a rising rate among Black...
Different symptoms, same story: the medical establishment ignoring Black women's suffering from long COVID ( Photo: tommaso79, Getty Images Signature).
By Jennifer Porter Gore
This article...
GARRETT A. MORGAN
FEBRUARY 28
1708—One of the first recorded slave revolts in American history takes place on Newton, Long Island (New York). Seven Whites...
