A 15-year-old freshman at Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, Louisiana gave a prime example of why Critical Race Theory should be taught when he decided to approach a Black classmate and throw cotton balls at him before taking a belt and "whipping" him. Now, he's been charged with a hate crime.

The anti-CRT sentiment has now made its way to Mississippi after Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill into motion that will limit the discussion of race within The Magnolia State's school system.

The latest example in a complicated history of racism in schools occurred not too long ago in Chatham County after a mother says her son was "sold" in a mock slave auction at his K-8 school in North Carolina.

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The Destiny Education Project is a BIPOC-led 501(c)3 founded in the fall of 2021 by 16-year-old Burbank, California resident Destiny Helligar as a solution after being attacked with racist slurs in her middle school in 2018. 

Many teachers in Alabama are getting pushback on their recent Black History Month lessons by parents who want to uphold the ban on Critical Race Theory that was approved by the Alabama State Board of Education last October.

Another "public comment" portion of a school board meeting has gone viral, this time for a white woman repeatedly using the N-word while venting frustration over her son’s suspension for using the epithet on Snapchat.

It appears that officials in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District are looking to make some social change by renaming a handful of educational institutions named after known slaveowners and those who supported racist ideologies. 

Washington University in St. Louis is the latest to experience racism on its campus, this time in the form of vandalism on a prominent Black History mural that was defaced with symbolism of white supremacy.

Although publicly advertised as "One of the Best Public Schools in Michigan," Bloomfield Hills is at the center of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit sparked by one student who says her high school is filled with unchecked racist behavior from students and staff alike.

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Attorney Ben Crump is reacting to the viral video of a White Texas student hitting and insulting her Black teacher, calling the situation “outrageous.”

The thought of suicide should never be on the mind of a 10-year-old, but sadly fifth grader Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor of Utah ended her own life after being teased for being Black and having a disability. 

After several Black football players at a Florida high school were suspended for fighting another student who had sent them a racist Snapchat video before Friday night’s homecoming game, parents of the suspended students are irate and teammates are showing solidarity.