The Fire Will Not Consume Us: Barry Black, Pt. 1

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Scientists for Segregation: Ernest van den Haag

A closer look at one of the men on the Pioneer Fund's team of scientists for segregation reveals that he wasn't a scientist at all.Sources & Further Reading:Tucker, William (2002). The Funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and The Pioneer Fund. University of Illinois Pre ...  Show more

Segregation Forever

Last week, the DOJ's Civil Rights division announced they were moving to dismiss more than 50 desegregation cases against school districts all over the country. Like the weird little guys trying to overturn the Brown v Board of Education decision in the 1960s, the Trump administr ...  Show more

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