In August 1955, a 14-year-old Black boy allegedly flirted with a white woman in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago, didn’t understand that he had broken the unwritten laws of the Jim Crow South…
‘Trouble Behind’: What Racism Looked Like in 1991 Kentucky
Trouble Behind (1991), a documentary by Robby Henson that examines the history and legacy of racism in Corbin, Kentucky, a small railroad community noteworthy both as the home of Colonel Sanders‘ Kentucky Fried Chicken and for “its race riots of 1919, during which over two hundred blacks…
8:46 – Dave Chappelle
Comedian Dave Chappelle filmed a Netflix special, which is also posted to YouTube, centered around his feelings about being a black man in America right now. It is fascinating to watch him make the connections he makes. To find out…
How an Alt-Right Leader Used a Lie to Climb the Ranks
This is Elliott Kline, also known as Eli Mosley. He wants you to believe the alt-right is made up of American patriots, often inspired by military service. But our months-long investigation found that his past is filled with unabashed racist…
SKIP DAY: Life in Florida After High School
Intimate glimpses of one very special day in the lives of high-school seniors from an industrial corner of the Florida Everglades: prom’s over, the future is uncertain, and the irresistible pull of the beach makes the long-time friends drive 60…