Racism

Freedman's Bank

Why a 19th-century bank failure still matters

Speech Bubble

How the way we talk both unites and divides us

Dark Energy Survey composite of comet Lovejoy

UChicago scientists reflect on need to address racism, inequality

Defund The Police Chicago

Why racial justice requires more than defunding the police

Brent Staples

Pulitzer-winning alum’s incisive editorials expose America’s uncomfortable truths

Emancipation Day in Richmond, Virginia, 1905

What Juneteenth tells us about the history of emancipation

George Floyd Protests

‘Conditions were ripe for a moment like this’: How current protests expose deeper racial inequalities

Books on Racism in America

11 books that examine the history of racism in America

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Why 1619 should matter as much to America as 1776

Eve Ewing

Eve L. Ewing

Title: Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration

Expertise: Race and culture, Racism, Elementary education, Urban studies, Social inequality

Departmental website: https://ssa.uchicago.edu/ssascholars/e-ewing