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Juneteenth Isnât Just a Celebration of the End of Slavery. We Also Honor the Black Americans Who Helped Create Their Own Freedom
The common story of June 19 focuses on one white man. If you ask Black people, Juneteenth marks the day Black Americans created their own freedom
Why Black Americans Need Black-Owned Banks
Hours after a 19-year-old Black man likely tripped and reached out in alarm for the hand of a nearby white woman in March 1921, Tulsa, Oklahomaâs white-owned newspaper demanded his lynching with ruthless clarity: âNab Negro for Attacking Girl in Elevator.â Over the next 18 hours and across 35 city blocks, smoke and ash billowedâŚ
Why Black Americans Need Black-Owned Banks
Hours after a 19-year-old Black man likely tripped and reached out in alarm for the hand of a nearby white woman in March 1921, Tulsa, Oklahomaâs white-owned newspaper demanded his lynching with ruthless clarity: âNab Negro for Attacking Girl in Elevator.â Over the next 18 hours and across 35 city blocks, smoke and ash billowedâŚ
Why Black Americans Need Black-Owned Banks
Hours after a 19-year-old Black man likely tripped and reached out in alarm for the hand of a nearby white woman in March 1921, Tulsa, Oklahomaâs white-owned newspaper demanded his lynching with ruthless clarity: âNab Negro for Attacking Girl in Elevator.â Over the next 18 hours and across 35 city blocks, smoke and ash billowedâŚ
Watch TIMEâs First-Ever âUplifting AAPI Voicesâ Summit Featuring Senator Mazie Hirono, Constance Wu, Prabal Gurung and More
TIME hosted its first-ever Uplifting AAPI Voices Summit featuring Sen. Mazie Hirono, Constance Wu, Lisa Ling, Prabal Gurung and more
Racist Slurs, Broken Glass, Then a Return to Business for an Asian-Owned Store Attacked Twice. âWe Have No Choice.â
The attack at Plaza Sundries in N.C. is a reminder of the risks facing Asian Americans each day
Los Angeles Had a Chance to Build a Better City After the Rodney King Violence in 1992. Hereâs Why It Failed
A peace movement took hold in Los Angeles during the most deadly and destructive rebellion in American history. The uprising was a reaction to systematic injustice rather than a direct response to police violence. The acquittal of four police officers for the March 1991 beating of twenty-five-year-old Black motorcyclist Rodney Kingâa two-minute assault captured onâŚ
Why the First Black Woman to Be a History Professor in the U.K. Sees Her New Book African Europeans as a âCall to Armsâ
âWe are completely immersed in the legacies of the past,â says historian Olivette Otele
Iâm a Black Woman Whoâs Met All the Standards for Promotion. Iâm Not Waiting to Reward Myself
You get better at whatever you practice. Thatâs why I have gotten serious about giving myself the gifts that only I can give. Walking outdoors for fresh air. Running to clear my head. Maintaining so much clarity about my lifeâs work that othersâ agendas donât become mine. Being generous with âno.â Saying âyesâ only whenâŚ
George Floyd Was âTerrified, Scared,â Says Witness Who Recorded Derek Chauvin Kneeling on His Neck
Darnella Frazier, who captured video of George Floyd's death, was the fourth witness to testify in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin
âAmericaâs Is on Trialâ as Derek Chauvin Faces Justice in the Death of George Floyd
In opening statements, the prosecution and defense offered starkly different views of the encounter that led to George Floyd's death
My White Adoptive Parents Struggled to See Me as Korean. Would They Have Understood My Anger at the Rise in Anti-Asian Violence?
For the last year, and especially since the devastating Atlanta-area murders on March 16, many of my Asian American friends have been sharing deeply personal, painful stories of talking with their parents and elders, pleading with them to take care, being exhorted to be careful in turn. As an adoptee, I donât really have AsianâŚ