A Black Man Wins Nobel Prize for Literature for the First Time
The writer Abdulrazak Gurnah is the first black writer since 1993 to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. Gurnah, who was born in Zanzibar…
Being Black in American Schools
Many people still think that racism is no longer a problem in America. After the election of President Obama, scholastic John McWhorter argued that bigotry in America is, for all…
Texan Abortion Laws Have Jim Crow Roots
The new Texas law that bans most abortions uses a method employed by Texas and other states to implement racist Jim Crow laws in the 19th and 20th centuries that…