This film is about the most important events of Watkins Harper’s early life, highlighting her early achievements as a writer.

According to a report published in BMJ Open in 2017, rubber bullets can cause serious injuries and even death.

Tear gas is a chemical weapon used for crowd control that causes irritation to the eyes, mouth, throat, lungs and skin.

Why does the racial divide persist between comparatively similar segments of the workforce? If additional education is not the solution to racial inequality, what is? In this interview, Professor Sandy Darity discusses the troubling...

The Pentagon conducted a war game in 2018 that pitted armed forces against a youth uprising dubbed Zbellion.

American police officers have been using a variety of crowd-control weapons against Black Lives Matter demonstrators. Here is how they work.

Born on the 21st October 1929, in South Carolina, United States, George was a 14 year old African American boy who was convicted of murdering two white girls on the 22nd March 1944. On the day prior to their death, they had ridden past...

Olugbenga Ajilore explains the high cost of the American government’s arming of local police with military weapons, which has exacerbated lethal use-of force against black communities.



The acquisition of military...

In 2020, a statue of former US President Ulysses S Grant was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters. A Civil War hero who helped bring about an end to slavery, he was a controversial figure too.

This is the story about the painting of the raft that shook the world and scandalised high society. Not only for its anti-royalist statements but also for its choice of a black man as the hero. In an age of slavery.



In its...

Since the gruesome murder of George Floyd in May of 2020, major protests have been carried out by various bodies around the world especially in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.



One of the major...

Black Lives Matter movement co-founder Alicia Garza, addressing the Institute’s Detroit conference on the economics of race, placed the turmoil created by the 2016 election in the context of a backlash against the gains made by social...

Designed in 1972, the raised fist Afro Comb combines function with meaning to create a grooming tool that symbolises African-American history, culture and pride.

Do you see Graffiti or Street Art? Explore the "pioneering era" of graffiti that took place during the years 1969 through 1974, as well as its enduring appeal today.