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Combating White Supremacy

The history of white supremacy is deeply connected to the American South—but the South is also the home to some of the fiercest and most successful opponents of structural racism. Every other week we'll be bringing you stories that highlight everyday Southerners confronting white supremacy and anti-Blackness in their communities with creative strategies, dedicated coalition-building, and unwavering commitment.

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I grew up against a backdrop of white evangelical power. Florida's new CRT ban means even more Black students will, too.

by Sierra Lyons August 17, 2022August 16, 2022

When it comes to the protection of whiteness, separation of church and state has been enforced primarily as a matter of convenience.

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White reporters: It's time to pop your parachute and share your byline

by Erica Hensley August 3, 2022August 3, 2022
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Soul City: A Black dream killed just as it was coming true

by Danielle Purifoy July 27, 2021July 29, 2021
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In Alamance County, a battle for racial justice confronts a bloody past and an uncertain future

by Carli Brosseau, ProPublica May 28, 2021July 27, 2021
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How Durham, North Carolina, became the first US city to ban police exchanges with Israel

by Zaina Alsous and Sammy Hanf May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
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The old devil and the new details

by Mab Segrest March 29, 2021April 29, 2021
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'Go There Ready for War'—Militia Organizing in North Carolina in the Context of the Insurrection at the US Capitol

by Mab Segrest March 29, 2021April 7, 2021
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Ending white supremacist violence will take all of us

by Cierra Hinton March 19, 2021March 19, 2021
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White tears will never be the solution

by Matt Hartman March 19, 2021April 1, 2021
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The Color of Freedom: Reimagining portraits of the formerly enslaved

by Lee Hedgepeth February 5, 2021February 5, 2021
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Pauli Murray: Black revolutionary

by Dolores Chandler January 29, 2021January 29, 2021
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A white supremacist coup succeeded in 1898 North Carolina, led by lying politicians and racist newspapers that amplified their lies

by Kathy Roberts Forde & Kristin Gustafson January 18, 2021September 14, 2021
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What the Capitol riots show us about the white illusion of civility

by Lovey Cooper and Katherine Webb-Hehn January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
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A forgotten coup in the American heartland echoes Trump

by Russell Cobb, The Conversation January 12, 2021January 12, 2021
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To shift the media narrative about the South, we have to rebuild it altogether

by Anoa Changa December 17, 2020December 17, 2020
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I ran from my church after Trayvon Martin's murder—but not from my religion

by Courtney Napier December 17, 2020December 18, 2020
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To prevent abhorrent state-run voter suppression and police brutality, look to local action beyond election years

by Anoa Changa November 6, 2020November 6, 2020
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Without profit from stolen Indigenous lands, UNC would have gone broke 100 years ago

by Lucas P. Kelley & Garrett W. Wright September 15, 2020October 14, 2020
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Exposed: UNC pledged neo-confederates $2.5 mil for monument

by L’Erin Jensen July 21, 2020September 16, 2020
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White food media and the commodification of resistance

by Tunde Wey July 13, 2020February 26, 2021
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Uncontrolled Images: Documenting Raleigh's Black Revolt

by Jade Wilson June 10, 2020October 1, 2020
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Reckoning with white supremacy: Five fundamentals for white folks

by Lovey Cooper June 1, 2020December 26, 2020
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Memorial Day and weaponizing the American flag

by Jedediah Purdy May 25, 2020December 3, 2020
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"If we can dismantle patriarchy and capitalism, we might be onto something"

by Gabrielle Hernandez January 28, 2020September 16, 2020
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During Civil Rights Era, Native American Communities in the South Armed Themselves Against the Klan

by Malinda Maynor Lowery January 20, 2020July 20, 2021
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Room to Hold Grief and Gratitude

by Scalawag Editors November 25, 2019April 16, 2021
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"If we win here, we can win anywhere"

by Anna Simonton April 8, 2019September 16, 2020
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Resisting History?

by Tiffany Stevens March 4, 2019September 16, 2020
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Toppling giants: painting the removal of confederate monuments

by Ben Hamburger January 14, 2019September 16, 2020
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It's time: Making the Music Video for Mavis Staples' 'If All I Was, Was Black.'

by Brooks Emanuel January 14, 2019September 16, 2020

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