National Online Museum of American Racism

A living public archive of racism across American history, from 1776 to today, built to keep growing.

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Our mission

NOMOAR™ documents the events, policies, places, and people that shaped American racism and builds a record that is open to everyone, reviewed for accuracy, and impossible to quietly erase. The archive is organized as S.T.O.R.I.E.S. (Sequential Timeline of Racist Incidents, Events, and Sites). Anyone with an account can submit entries; each one is reviewed before publication.

Recently Added S.T.O.R.I.E.S. (Sequential Timeline of Racist Incidents, Events, and Sites)

Greensboro Sit-Ins
1960

Greensboro Sit-Ins

Beginning in February 1960, four Black college students sat at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, sparking a sit-in movement that …

Placeholder illustration for Dyer County Massacre
1919

Dyer County Massacre

During the Red Summer of 1919, a white mob in Dyer County, Tennessee, killed multiple African Americans after a Black man was …

Placeholder illustration for Rosewood Massacre
1923

Rosewood Massacre

In January 1923, a white mob destroyed the predominantly Black town of Rosewood, Florida, killing at least six African Americans and forcing …

Placeholder illustration for Perry Massacre
1922

Perry Massacre

In January 1922, a white mob attacked the Black community of Perry, Florida, killing at least eight African Americans and burning dozens …

Placeholder illustration for Elaine Massacre
1919

Elaine Massacre

During the Red Summer of 1919, a white mob and federal troops killed hundreds of African American sharecroppers in Elaine who were …

Birmingham Campaign and Children's Crusade
1963

Birmingham Campaign and Children's Crusade

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC organized the Birmingham Campaign, which included mass demonstrations and the Children's Crusade[2][5]. Police …

Freedom Rides
1961

Freedom Rides

In 1961, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) launched the Freedom Rides, where activists traveled by bus through the South to test …

Greensboro Sit-Ins
1960

Greensboro Sit-Ins

In February 1960, the Greensboro Four (Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain) began sit-ing at a segregated Woolworth's …

Murder of Emmett Till
1955

Murder of Emmett Till

In August 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi after allegedly interacting with a white woman[5]. His open-casket funeral, which …

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