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In the record-breaking musical "Hamilton," Anthony Ramos plays not one but two American colonial figures who happen to be White. Below, the Puerto Rican 24-year-old from Brooklyn explains how he came ...

He was headed for the discipline track, Ford-Morthel says, and even as a fourth grader, he would easily have been suspended for his behavior in many other schools. "But we sat with him and we had to ...

It’s in vogue to call the new movement to end police violence against black civilians leaderless. Historian and veteran activist Barbara Ransby argues that it has many leaders in the Ella Baker ...

Following a historic lawsuit that seven Black Detroit students brought against the state, Michigan will put more than $94 million into a state-wide literacy campaign for public school students.

Mollena Williams is gregarious, the kind of woman who makes a point of saying, “How are you today?” to the Walgreens cashier. She has a short afro and laughs easily. She works as an administrative ...

The celebrity academic's New York Times editorial is not only a disservice to history, it comes at exactly the wrong time in our discourse on race. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible ...

Angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the country. At least 90 percent of its inmates will die there. And Evangelical Warden Burl Cain has made sure their lives look as much like "slavery ...

The author and activist discusses the evolution of her career, the partnerships that inspire her work and writing from the edges of her life. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on ...

Dr. Safiya Noble, a UCLA associate professor and author, explores the dangers of handing over too much of our knowledge discovery to Big Tech platforms. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible ...

As you know, the video for Beyoncé Knowles' "Formation" does the most, from invoking police violence, to flashing back to Hurricane Katrina, to celebrating Blue Ivy's adorable afro. Here, Yaba Blay, a ...

Sometimes their children walked. Sometimes their children rowed. Sometimes their children died. In 1948, when only 16 states in America had outlawed segregated public schools, Black parents in the ...