Civil Rights

1. Issue #22, Fall 2011

   The Fire Last Time

   The Chicago riots of 1919 and the civil rights movement before Rosa Parks.

   Clay Risen
2. Issue #21, Summer 2011

   The Last Liberal Justice?

   Why William Brennan was the twentieth century’s most consequential Supreme Court justice.

   David Strauss
3. Issue #13, Summer 2009

   Racial Romanticism

   Civil rights history does not divide neatly into pre-1968 light and post-1968 darkness. A response to Richard Kahlenberg.

   Tom Sugrue
4. Issue #12, Spring 2009

   Wrong on Race

   Why Barack Obama shouldn’t listen to Tom Sugrue.

   Richard Kahlenberg
5. Issue #7, Winter 2008

   Lift Every Voice

   The civil rights movement wasn’t just about racial equality. It was about expanding American democracy.

   Peniel Joseph
6. Issue #6, Fall 2007

   Brown Out?

   The Supreme Court’s landmark decision is coming under fire. Why it’s worth defending.

   Mary Frances Berry