A Reuters photo of a Black woman surrounded by masked Patriot Front members on the D.C. Metro became the defining image of America’s 250th birthday. In an op-ed, Joseph Williams traces the moment back through a century of organized white intimidation.
Ruby Bridges
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Black girls in media and Black girlhood in America
Dr. Lashon Daley, an assistant professor of English and comparative literature at San Diego State University, is exploring the evolution of Black girl representation in children’s literature, film, television and social media, highlighting the importance of looking beyond contemporary media to understand the cultural understandings of Black girlhood in America.
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Cruz-Guzman will defend what Brown v. Board of Education started over 60 years ago
As one of the first African American children to integrate into an all-White school, the photos of Ruby Bridges being escorted to and from her elementary school in New Orleans are iconic.