segregation
Tenth Street Freedmantown: The forgotten Texas town founded by emancipated slaves
July 23, 2026From thriving city to forgotten history, it tells the tale of what happened in so many places whenever Black people started building prosperous lives.
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Trump slashes home health workers’ pay and neuters discrimination protections
September 4, 2025The rollback would upend 60 years of fighting Jim Crow segregation against Black and other workers of color says National Nurses United.
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Daily Worker 1936: Black athletes embarrass Hitler at Nazi Olympics
July 26, 2024Hitler hoped the Games would showcase Aryan racial superiority, but the Fuhrer’s plans were ruined by Black athletes like Jesse Owens.
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Separate is never equal: The Daily Worker’s 1954 Brown v. Board coverage
May 17, 2024Even on the day of the decision, racist reaction was already rearing its head across the segregated South.
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Are we going backwards on Brown vs. Board of Education?
May 17, 2024The nation’s largest union, the National Education Association, notes that much of the nation never accepted equality under the law for Black people.
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