Civil Rights Archives – Scalawag

Black Physicians

The Impact of Black Physicians in Mississippi's Civil Rights Movement

by Denise Powell July 24, 2025

The courage of those who came before us was a powerful reminder of the continuing struggle for equality.

The hidden history of Abram Colby

They tried to bury him: The hidden history of Abram Colby

by Greer Brigham March 26, 2025March 26, 2025

Cycling History: The Selma to Montgomery Bike Ride on the 60th Anniversary

by Angela Hollowell March 6, 2025April 9, 2025

Illustrative header for Liberation Lineages, a photo series by Briana Blueitt

Liberation Lineages

by Briana Blueitt March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow

Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow

by Joel Cook February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

We Are The BreadCrumbs: What Trans Alabamians Already Know About The Election

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

We Are The BreadCrumbs: What Trans Alabamians Already Know About The Election

by T.C. Caldwell and Jose Vazquez November 4, 2024November 4, 2024

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Southern Truth About Communism

by Tea Troutman and Sherronda J. Brown April 23, 2024December 26, 2024

How Atlanta’s tradition of compromise betrays Black revolutionary violence: a critique of Black Political Action and the bargain of freedom. A critique of the state's appropriation of John Lewis' legacy to quell the radical demands for Black Power at its heart.

What's Next for the Captive Maternal, Part II: Notes on a Rebel(lion) without a Cause

by Tea Troutman April 27, 2023November 21, 2023

How Atlanta’s tradition of compromise betrays Black revolutionary violence: a critique of Black Political Action and the bargain of freedom. A critique of the state's appropriation of John Lewis' legacy to quell the radical demands for Black Power at its heart.

What's Next for the Captive Maternal: Notes on a Rebel(lion) without a Cause

by Tea Troutman April 26, 2023November 21, 2023

'A democracy we didn't achieve 50 years ago'

by Alice Driver January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Last, the Least, and the Lost

by Courtney Napier and Anoa Changa December 3, 2020January 11, 2021

Forgotten protest icon Odetta Holmes lives on in modern Black Americana

by Chelsea Spear October 23, 2020February 10, 2021

Nikema Williams is expected to be the next congressperson for the Georgia 5th Congressional district. Photo courtesy of Nikema Williams for Congress.

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

5 things to watch in Georgia's 5th Congressional District election as candidates try to further John Lewis' legacy

by Frances Katz September 18, 2020September 22, 2020

Liberation is a Long Haul: Lessons from Juneteenth

by Jakeya Caruthers June 22, 2020September 27, 2023

Reckoning with white supremacy: Five fundamentals for white folks

by Lovey Cooper June 1, 2020December 26, 2020

Who was Oliver Harvey?

by Alicia Sun and Isabella Arbelaez February 24, 2020November 13, 2023

Real museums of Memphis

by Zandria Felice Robinson February 5, 2020September 27, 2023

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Social Struggle Is a Way of Life: An Interview with Albert Woodfox

by Zaina Alsous August 19, 2019November 16, 2022

Mississippi's truth-telling new museum

by Ellen Ann Fentress December 22, 2017September 16, 2020

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Poverty, justice, and education in Roanoke, Virginia

by Mason Adams October 17, 2017November 13, 2023

Scenes in the lives of two Mississippi matriarchs

by Alysia Steele August 1, 2017November 14, 2023

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Here are the freedom songs of the Movement for Black Lives

by Willie Jamaal Wright February 9, 2017September 16, 2020

Freedom Schools try to teach the truth about race in America

by Jesse DeConto October 9, 2016November 13, 2023