Brent Staples

The Capitol attack shows the danger of forgetting America’s history.

News organizations are belatedly apologizing for racist journalism that alienated generations of African-Americans

Seneca Village has more stories to tell about Black lives in New York City.

By renaming military bases, the Defense Department dismantles an enduring legacy of the Lost Cause.

The Lost Cause myth that was used to justify honoring Robert E. Lee was bankrupt from the start.

Elizabeth Gloucester was born into slavery. By the end of her life, she embodied a new model of Black, feminist capitalism.

Breaking with segregation does not have to involve bitterness and decades of delays.

The candidate has never felt the need to explain or exploit the story of her family’s ancestors and their experience of slavery.

In his new biography, David Greenberg tells the full story of the civil rights hero who became a long-serving U.S. representative.

Gary Oldman’s performance as Jackson Lamb is both essential and unknowable.