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Black History in the U.S. is More Than a Month

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African American schoolboy holding book and answering questions asked by teacher during Black History Month lesson in classroom

It would be a lie to say that my pre-college education did not expose me to the history of slavery, segregation, and racism in the United States. It would also be a lie to say that I was told the whole truth about it. I was fortunate enough to go to a school system that, I believe, prepared me for college about as well as I could hope. I can read, for one thing, and …

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Cementing Prejudice: Racism in the Roads and Roots of the United States

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aerial photo of buildings and roads

It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that the Interstate Highway System of the United States was one of the most impactful public works projects in the nation’s history. Tying together one of the largest nations on the planet with millions upon millions of miles of asphalt, many Americans credit it with helping to bring a scattered nation closer to unity. They hold this assumption in ignorance of the ways in which it also …

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