Keisha N. Blain
MSNBC Columnist
Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian and writer. She is a professor of Africana studies and history at Brown University and has written extensively about race, gender and politics in national and global perspectives. Her most recent book is “Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America.”
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Black women’s robust participation in electoral and grassroots politics stems from a long history of exclusion and marginalization.
Coretta Scott was a committed activist long before she crossed paths with her eventual husband. An ardent pacifist, she persuaded MLK to speak out against the Vietnam War.
The developments of the past five years have exacerbated the United States’ already dismal race relations.
Willis has made it clear that Trump’s status as a former president of the United States means nothing to her, and that she won’t be intimidated by him.
Slavery was a brutal and exploitative economic and labor system, which for 250 years relegated Black people to nothing more than property. Those are the facts.
Her dissent in affirmative action case should be required reading for all Americans, especially those who have accepted the lie that race has no meaningful impact.
Juneteenth should be a somber day to reflect on the unique challenges Black people have faced and continue to face in this country.
Viola Davis’ “The Woman King” is no fairy tale. It highlights African history few Americans know about.
Emmett Till’s lynching death was a major catalyst for the civil rights movement.
The brutality of slavery is well documented in the historical record.
