Lincoln was ambivalent about freeing the slaves and the country has been ambivalent about the equality and role of African Americans ever since. While Juneteenth is celebrated as a day to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States, it is also yet another reminder of how black people are always forced to wait for good news to come, and how we are forced to wait even longer for change to come as a result of the good news. More.

Over the course of Lorrin Thomas’ research for two previous books – on Puerto Rican citizenship and civil rights struggles in the United States – she noted the paucity of historical scholarship on Latinos’ political engagement in the years following the social movements of the late 1960s. Her latest book now seeks to fill that gap. More.

In these socially charged times, one of the most important things in the fight against systemic racism and our own internal biases is education. Faculty at RU-Newark teach and work at one of the most diverse universities in the United States, and their research covers race and bias from across a wide range of disciplines in the arts, humanities, sciences, business and law. Discover a faculty-recommended list of current and classic favorites. More.