The Integration of College Hoops Came through Many Small Shining Moments

by Chad Carlson

Cutting the nets in New Orleans, the Kansas Jayhawks follow the legacy of many players and coaches who gradually chipped away at racial exclusion in college basketball. 

The Military Provides a Model for how Institutions can Address Racism

by Margaret B. Montgomery

Making good on the military's policies of desegregation required organized pressure to change military justice and the communities around military installations. 

"The News Will Get Out Soon Enough": Homefront Jim Crow and the Integration of the U.S. Navy

by Dan C. Goldberg

Politico reporter Dan Goldberg's new book details how thirteen black men overcame prejudice and indifference to integrate the Navy's officer corps in 1944.