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'Dodging bullets' and coming home to 'nothing left': An illustrated history of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

by Todd Pendleton and Mason Callejas

The Oklahoman presents an illustrated history of the Greenwood community and the Tulsa race massacre with primary accounts. 

California’s Novel Attempt at Land Reparations

Los Angeles County will return title to land that once was "Bruce's Beach," one of the only Southern California oceanfront resorts welcoming Black visitors, to the descendants of the owners from whom the property was taken by eminent domain in 1927.

Iconic Mint-Condition 1933 Babe Ruth Baseball Is Expected To Shatter Auction Records

"My dad began collecting in the early 1980s starting with baseball cards from 1957 and 1959 when he was ten to twelve years old," his son Stewart Newman said. "Those were replacements for the treasured cards of his youth that he kept in shoeboxes as a youngster and that his mom later threw out."

Trump Teams Up with Newt for New Contract With America

If Newt Gingrich is to be belived, the Republicans hope to win back Congressional majorities by focusing on culture war grudges that involve historians –particularly targeting the teaching of critical perspectives on American racism. 

Missile Defense is Not a Substitute for Arms Control

by John Tierney and Samuel M. Hickey

A former Congressman and an arms control analyst argue that the key goal of upcoming meetings between Biden and Putin is nuclear arms control; the United States can afford to use its technological superiority in missile defense as a chip to ensure this greater goal. 

It Was once a KKK Stronghold. Last Year BLM Came to Town

What happened when BLM protest arose in Vidor, Texas, long a center of East Texas Klan activity?

We Bought a World War II Ship on EBay

A Welsh couple has undertaken the repair and refurbishment of a 72-foot Royal Navy harbor defense vessel. 

Biden to Travel to Oklahoma to Commemorate 100th Anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre

President Joe Biden will visit Tulsa, Oklahoma, next week in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, the White House announced on Tuesday.

A Lost Brontë Library Surfaces

"A trove of Brontë family manuscripts — all but unseen for a century — will be auctioned by Sotheby’s as part of what the auction house is billing as the sale of a legendary “lost library” of British literature treasures."

Deep-Rooted Racism, Discrimination Permeate US Military

Since desegregating after World War II, the military has cultivated an image of meritocracy. Personnel have always charged that that image masks discrimination and a climate of hostility to servicemembers of color. Military justice procedures make measuring the problem difficult. 

John Warner, Genteel Senator from Virginia, Dies at 94

"A debonair Virginian, Mr. Warner was sometimes called the senator from central casting; his ramrod military posture, distinguished gray hair and occasionally overblown speaking style fit the Hollywood model."

Why Has Australia’s History Been Left To Rot?

Historians are criticizing the Australian government's decision not to supply the funding the National Archives needs to digitize and preserve fragile and deteriorating documents, calling the "digital cliff" a potential national embarrassment. 

Why Firing Squads are Making a Comeback in 21st-Century America

South Carolina's proposed return to execution by firing squad reflects the facts that, while the Roberts Court is very protective of capital punishment, it is increasingly difficult for states to acquire the drugs needed to perform lethal injections. It remains to be seen if firing squads will turn public opinion against capital punishment. 

Texas Pushes to Obscure the State’s History of Slavery and Racism

University of Houston historian Raul Ramos calls political meddling with the history teaching "a recipe for disaster" in a state that is increasingly diverse and less accepting of the Texan mythologies favored by conservatives. 

The Professor Who Became a Cop

Patrick Blanchfield reviews "Tangled Up In Blue," Rosa Brooks's account of joining the DC Police Reserve Corps and meditation on the role of policing in society. 

The New York Highway That Racism Built: ‘It Does Nothing But Pollute’

A generation of urban highway projects that advanced urban renewal and community displacement in the 1950s and 1960s are nearing obsolescence. Activists hope that the Biden infrastructure plan can replace roads and repair neighborhoods. 

Nikole Hannah-Jones and the Secret History of the Real ‘Cancel Culture’ on U.S. Campuses

by Will Bunch

This week's controversy at UNC is only the latest chapter in a decades-long effort by the right to exert control over public universities. 

What The Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed

"Piecing together archival maps and photographs, with guidance from historians, The New York Times constructed a 3D model of the Greenwood neighborhood as it was before the destruction."

A University Suspended Diversity Courses Because of an Incident That Almost Certainly Didn’t Happen

An incident in which a conservative student was allegedly subjected to ideological bullying and harassment was used as a pretext to cancel a set of courses addressing diversity issues at Boise State University. An outside law firm's investigation found no evidence to substantiate the description of the incident. 

Mexico Faces Up to Uneasy Anniversary of Chinese Massacre

The 1911 massacre of Chinese laborers in the town of Torreón shows that Asian migrants were subjected to mass violence throughout the Americas. The Mexican government and society have only recently begun to acknowledge this and other incidents.