Published inTimelineThis could be the most offensive baby everThis 1991 ad sparked protests and was pulled from several magazinesMar 27, 2018A response icon2Mar 27, 2018A response icon2
Published inTimelineThe entire English soccer team gave the Nazi salute — for diplomacy’s sakeIt was part of the British government’s plan to appease HitlerMar 22, 2018A response icon3Mar 22, 2018A response icon3
Published inTimelineJackie Robinson was once humiliated and court-martialed for sitting next to a black woman people…Robinson had a Rosa Parks moment of his own long before he broke the race barrier in baseballMar 21, 2018A response icon2Mar 21, 2018A response icon2
Published inTimelineThis woman was held hostage and drugged because she knew too much about WatergateNixon’s goons made Martha Mitchell the subject of a sexist smear campaignMar 21, 2018A response icon6Mar 21, 2018A response icon6
Published inTimelineWhen a racist man heckled Lena Horne in a Beverly Hills nightclub, she threw dishes at him“He had it coming,” her manager said, and her fans agreedMar 20, 2018A response icon6Mar 20, 2018A response icon6
Published inTimeline‘The Year of the Woman’ wasn’t actually that great for womenIn 1992, even with tremendous gains, Washington was overwhelmingly maleMar 12, 2018A response icon1Mar 12, 2018A response icon1
Published inTimelineShe was the first woman senator. Her term lasted exactly a dayRebecca Felton was a pawn in a sexist politician’s career moveMar 6, 2018A response icon2Mar 6, 2018A response icon2
Published inTimelineHow a racist hate-monger masterminded America’s War on DrugsHarry Anslinger conflated drug use, race, and music to criminalize non-whiteness and create a prison-industrial complexFeb 28, 2018A response icon21Feb 28, 2018A response icon21
Published inTimelineWhen feminism ignored the needs of black women, a mighty force was bornFounded in the early 1970s, the Combahee River Collective spoke to the unique position of being black and femaleFeb 21, 2018A response icon6Feb 21, 2018A response icon6
Published inTimelineAfter the Anita Hill hearings, dialogue around black sexual harassment was dominated by wealthy…Black feminists had to literally buy their way into the conversationFeb 7, 2018A response icon1Feb 7, 2018A response icon1