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In 1954, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Brown vs Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas, ruling that segregation of schools was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. This bolstered the cause of integration. In the same year, however, one powerful U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. and his equally influential political organization [...]

Both the “New Negro” movement in the 1920s and the Civil Rights Movement fought against racial discrimination and worked towards equality for African-Americans in the USA. Their basic difference lies in the form of protest that each employed. The “New Negro” movement was envisioned and designed to be the new spirit of militancy. Right from [...]

Call it a freak incident or a hate crime that has stirred emotions all across America. Brandon McClelland’s gruesome murder has resulted in fresh racial tensions in the conservative South. Texan McClelland was black and was dragged by a truck to his death by two white men. However, it is unclear and perhaps preposterous to say that it was a racially [...]