“As the U.S. mourns the death of civil rights leader and congressmember John Lewis, Lewis’s longtime friend, Bernard Lafayette, remembers desegregating Greyhound buses and pushing forward together during the Freedom Rides. In December of 1960, Lafayette — now a professor at Auburn University — and Lewis took a front seat on a Greyhound bus from…
“The Rev. William J. Barber has long tackled the issues of race, poverty, and hatred. His Poor People’s Campaign in June will hold a digital assembly and march on Washington to draw attention to civil rights issues. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with the reverend about the impacts of COVID-19 on communities of color for our on-going…
“Nike just launched a new advertising campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who came to national prominence by protesting police brutality and racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem before games. Nike’s move has reignited a national debate, stirred most famously by President Trump. William Brangham with John Feinstein, author of “Quarterback.” Find…
“This month marks 50 years since the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. On June 5, 1968, Kennedy was shot dead shortly after winning the California Democratic primary, a major boost in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. His death came just two months after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and…
“As a student-led movement for gun control sweeps the country, we look back at a key moment in another historic student movement: desegregation. On January 9, 1961, African-American students Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes walked onto the campus of the University of Georgia to register for classes, as a howling mob of white students screamed…