Race and Reckoning

Resources to understand America's long history of injustice and inequality

George Floyd's death in police custody has sparked an urgent push for racial reform across the globe.

To help provide context for the issues driving the debate among people attending marches and rallies or those having more quiet conversations with their families and friends, we've compiled deeply reported stories, videos, photo essays, audio and graphics on black history, progress, inequality and injustice.

Here are just a few of the stories that explain how we got here and why it matters.

Historians are trying to find out as much as possible about Angela, the first African woman documented in Virginia.

You cannot pour from an empty cup.

Even slight preferences can cascade into dramatic effects.

Artist and activist Common discusses prison reform and the coronavirus.

How a scholarship helped — and didn't help — descendants of victims of the 1923 Rosewood racial massacre.

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