Series

The History of Black America

One of Socialist Worker's earliest features was a monthly series on the history of the African American struggle in the U.S., from slavery to the present day.

Lee Sustar

The struggle for busing

Protests against school desegregation were emblematic of the racist backlash against the Black movement in the 1970s.

March 29, 2013
Lee Sustar

Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition

Jackson's 1980s campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination showed the new hold of electoralism in Black politics.

April 12, 2013
Lee Sustar

Race and politics in the post-civil rights era

Race and racism has always been central to U.S. politics--and that didn't stop with the victories of the civil rights movement.

April 19, 2013
Brian Jones

Racism in a “color-blind” society

We're told that we live in a "post-racial" society, but racism is alive and well in the U.S.--and benefiting the capitalist system in important ways.

April 26, 2013
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Race in the Obama era

The election of the first Black president marked a historic blow against racism, but Black America still endures systematic oppression.

May 3, 2013