Disturbing. Shocking. Barbaric. Oprah Winfrey‘s latest 60 Minutes report gave the public an unflinching first look at the Alabama lynching memorial in Montgomery; a space meant to recognize the thousands of victims who were lynched during the seven decades following the Civil War. Included (without warning) were pictures of actual […]
Talk about cultural appropriation. What many people believed to be the main Facebook page for Black Lives Matter is allegedly run by a middle-aged white man from Australia. The page has over 700,000 followers on Facebook, which is nearly twice as many as the official Black Lives […]
Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Project Islamic Hope President Najee Ali and a coalition of civil rights leaders will hold a press conference on Monday, April 9 in front of the LAPD’s Southwest Police Station 1546 W. MLK Blvd, L.A. […]
Fear of Being ‘Pigeonholed,’ Psychic Toll at Issue A March 5 panel sponsored by the Ford Foundation in Detroit discussed “Why Kerner still matters: Community coverage, from disorder to daily life.” From left: Bill Plante, Jelani Cobb, Marie Nelson, Richard Prince. Source: Fewer Black Journalists […]
Jackson: ‘Before You Be a Little of Everything to Everybody, Be Something Special to Where You Live’ Jesse Jackson in 1984. Screenshot: bostonlocaltv.org The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson spoke before about 860 people on Saturday night, Aug. 18, 1984, at the banquet of the National […]
DETROIT (AP) — A striking, sepia-toned picture recently acquired by the University of Michigan jumps out from the past and begs to tell a story: A man dressed in a heavy coat and hat is as big as the cabin door whose knob he is […]
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