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Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said his previous theory that the Trump administration would enact “Jim Crow 2.0” is coming true. Clyburn joined CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Wednesday, and he was ...

Hypocrisy in Washington isn’t new, and it’s not a partisan affliction. Republicans and Democrats alike have been known to ...

Stacey Abrams calls it “a redux of Jim Crow in a suit and tie.” Jon Ossoff: “We must defeat the new Jim Crow.” Raphael Warnock: “We are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed ...

Credit: Library of Congress The Jim Crow system was upheld by local government ... Ferguson, after a black man in New Orleans attempted to sit in a whites-only railway car. In 1908, journalist ...

The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum has a special exhibit called “A Better Life for Their Children.” Through photos, scale models, books, and a mock classroom, “A Better Life for Their ...

In 1892, in a planned act of civil disobedience, Plessy boarded a train in New Orleans and sat in the ... laws and social customs known as “Jim Crow.” Schools, theaters, restaurants, and ...

Coates draws on his own identity as a Black American and likens Israel’s control over West Bank Palestinians to the Jim Crow South. He also questions the justification for Israel’s founding ...

A protest against Jim Crow restrictions on voting in 1964. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest ...