This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed - Charles Cobb Civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb Jr. describes the vital role that armed self-defense played in…
Views and Comments No. 25 (December 1957) The No. 25 (December 1957) issue of Views and Comments, an anarcho-syndicalist leaning publication produced out of New York by the Libertarian…
From the desk of... - Fred Chase A column by Fred Chase comparing elements of the 1960s civil rights movement with the Detroit newspaper strike. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker #1589 (March 1996).
Black against empire: The history and politics of the Black Panther Party - Joshua Bloom In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey…
Racial matters: the FBI's secret file on black America - Kenneth O'Reilly A meticulously researched study into how the FBI attempted to disrupt and repress the civil rights…
The Detroit riot, 1967 A short account of the Detroit anti-police rebellion, one of the biggest uprisings in American history, which ended with more than 40 dead, 7000…
More than a seat on the bus - Danielle McGuire Excellent account of the Montgomery bus boycott, a key moment in the civil rights movement. In particular it demolishes the popular myth…
The forgotten martyrs of Orangeburg - Monica Moorehead A short account of the police massacre of three black students demonstrating against a segregated…
1965 Watts riots photo gallery Images from the 1965 Watts riots, which took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from 11th-17th August 1965, resulting in over $40…
Love Me, Ferguson, I’m a Liberal - Douglas Williams How liberals brought an anticommunist slur from America’s past back to life.
Accompanying: Pathways to social change - Staughton Lynd To better understand the impact of social movements in recent years, this analysis distinguishes…
1967 Detroit riots photo gallery Images from the 1967 Detroit riots, which started after a police raid on an unlicensed bar and happened within the context of a nationwide civil…
