Sixty-three percent of Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement and a record 69% — the most by far in 32 years of polling — say Black people and other minorities are denied equal treatment in the criminal justice system, two of several signs of deep changes in public attitudes […] Read more »
Juneteenth’s long road to recognition, by the numbers
For many Americans, June 19 has long had a special meaning. But last Friday, the day known as Juneteeth got a lot of added attention. The holiday, which honors the end of slavery in America, was celebrated as people marched against the police treatment of African Americans and President Donald […] Read more »
Divisions emerge on renaming military bases, reparations amid unrest
As the country grapples with a widespread reckoning over the prevalence of racism, majorities of Americans are resistant to renaming U.S. military bases that carry the names of Confederate leaders, and are voicing particular opposition to providing descendants of slaves with reparations, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released […] Read more »
19 striking findings from 2019
Every year, Pew Research Center publishes hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies on a wide range of topics, from the demographic and political changes that are reshaping the United States to the attitudes and experiences of people in dozens of other countries. At the end of […] Read more »
The Legacy of Slavery
Most Americans think the legacy of slavery has at least some lasting impact on black people in the United States today, but fewer support monetary reparations for slavery or an official national apology. Adults under age 30 are the most likely to perceive a lasting impact of slavery and are […] Read more »
As Redress for Slavery, Americans Oppose Cash Reparations
In June, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on reparations to African Americans for the first time in more than in a decade. While reparations could take many forms, the most straightforward would be cash payments by the government […] Read more »