Today marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that marked the beginning of the end of school segregation. On May 17, 1954, the nine justices ...

Is school segregation getting worse? Plenty of people say yes, including scholars, journalists, and civil-rights advocates. For the first time in years, there’s something approximating a consensus: ...

Close-up of Milwaukee's residential security map from 1938. “Segregation is not an accident,” according to Reggie Jackson, the head griot for America's Black Holocaust Museum. “There’s this idea that ...

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A black woman is directed away from the 'white waiting room' at Jackson, Mississippi, 25th May 1961. She has arrived on the 'Freedom Bus' to protest against the racial segregation of passengers on the ...

Matthew R. Meehan is a leading finance expert and CEO of Shield Advisory Group. He specializes in helping SMEs access credit and capital. Here's something I wish I had known about sooner, and I bet a ...