Peniel Joseph

Heman Sweatt was admitted to UT Austin's law school in 1950 after winning a court case challenging the "separate but equal" concept.

Education

UT Austin Professor: School's History Of Segregation And Racism Still Complicates Campus Life Today

Jennifer Stayton

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Numbers from UT Austin show that only 5.1% of its students are Black. While the university says the number of Black undergraduates on campus has risen…

A man walks past a mural of Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. in London.

Black Power Scholar Illustrates How MLK And Malcolm X Influenced Each Other

Terry Gross

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Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are frequently seen as opposing forces in the struggle for civil rights but Peniel Joseph, author of The Sword and the Shield, says the truth is more nuanced.

Statues from the Juneteenth memorial at the George Washington Carver Museum.

Texas

Juneteenth Holiday Would Offer U.S. Chance To Move Forward By Confronting Racial Past, Scholar Says

KUT Staff

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Calls have been mounting to make Juneteenth a national holiday amid protests for police reforms and racial justice. Juneteenth commemorates the day when…

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X cross paths as the U.S. Senate debated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on March 26, 1964. It was the only time the two men met.

Austin

Scholar Says Martin Luther King Jr. And Malcolm X Both Brought 'Sword' And 'Shield' To Their Work

Jennifer Stayton

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Peniel Joseph writes that Martin Luther King Jr. is "most comfortably portrayed as the nonviolent insider," while Malcolm X "is characterized as a…