Race & Ethnic Relations

"Former president Bill Clinton's disparaging remarks about Black Power icon Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), made while eulogizing civil rights hero John Lewis last week, exhibited not only p

In his review of The Sword and the Shield, the latest book by LBJ's Peniel Joseph, Michael L. Ramsey writes: "There is a lesson for us all in the writing of Peniel Joseph's The Sword and the Shield. Half a century after the untimely deaths of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Joseph has provided an in-depth look at two dynamic leaders who challenged Americans to live up to our professed belief in equality for all."

In his review of The Sword and the Shield, the latest book by LBJ's

"America's Third Reconstruction began with the soaring promise of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election and the victory of a campaign that millions took to be a definitive symbol of historic racial progress," writes LBJ's Peniel Joseph.

"America's Third Reconstruction began with the soaring promise of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election and the victory of a campaign that millions took to be a definitive symbol of historic ra

Civil rights leader John Lewis served as a perfect example of the fluidity between the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the Black Lives Matter movement, LBJ's Peniel Joseph, director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at The University of Texas at Austin, told Jeremy Hobson and Allison Hagan of WBUR's "Here & Now."

Civil rights leader John Lewis served as a perfect example of the fluidity between the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the Black Lives Matter movement, LBJ's

LBJ's Peniel Joseph , one of the nation’s leading civil rights scholars, has studied and written about the history of race and democracy. He has some ideas on how cities and urban areas can begin to...

LBJ's Peniel Joseph, one of the nation’s leading civil rights scholars, has studied and written about the history of race and democracy.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with LBJ School Professor Peniel Joseph about why some Black celebrities have recently praised Louis Farrakhan's philosophies — and why they've faced criticism as a result.