Jim Crow

1951: Truman launches propaganda campaign to distract from ‘We Charge Genocide’ petition

December 18, 2024 By John Pittman

As William L. Patterson and Paul Robeson were about to expose the crimes of the U.S. government against Black Americans, the Truman administration lied, telling the world that Black life was great in America.

Separate is never equal: The Daily Worker’s 1954 Brown v. Board coverage

May 17, 2024 By People’s World

Even on the day of the decision, racist reaction was already rearing its head across the segregated South.

Gerald Horne endows International Publishers research prize on Indigenous dispossession and Black oppression

January 18, 2024 By C.J. Atkins

$1,000 scholarship seeks the best new manuscript.

Is slavery back in Alabama?

December 20, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg

For private businesses, prison labor is like a pot of gold. No strikes. No union organizing. No health benefits, unemployment insurance, or workers’ compensation to pay.

Slavery on the ballot in five states as activists challenge 13th Amendment loophole

October 24, 2022 By Kimberlee Kruesi

“We’ve never seen a single day in the United States where slavery was not legal,” said one Louisiana activist.