Reconstruction in America
Illustration of EJI’s report, Reconstruction in America (http://eji.org/reconstruction). The report documents nearly 2,000 more confirmed racial terror lynchings of Black people by white mobs in America than previously detailed, bringing…
Slavery to Mass Incarceration
The myth of racial difference created to sustain American slavery persists today. Slavery did not end in 1865, it evolved. The Equal Justice Initiative works to end mass incarceration, excessive…
Terror Lynching in America
Our history of racial terror casts a shadow across the U.S. landscape. We must engage it more honestly. The Equal Justice Initiative works to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and…
No. You Cannot Touch My Hair!
“My seven year old self learnt to tell people what I thought they wanted to hear. By the age of eight I’d convinced the other kids that my hair was…
It’s Time to Value Young Women of Color in Leadership
Brittany Packnett was raised in a tradition of social justice in St. Louis. Today, Brittany serves as Teach For America’s vice president of National Community Alliances and as an activist…
I Am Not Your Negro
Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and…
