The Lifetime movie about the Flint, Mich., water crisis is now being executive produced by Queen Latifah, who will also star in the TV flick following Cher’s exit.
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“I’ve Read The New Jim Crow … ” – Slate
How to tell if a prosecutor is only pretending to be a criminal justice reformer.
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The story of the British Black Panthers through race, politics, love and power – The Guardian
The experience of black people in the UK in the 1970s is examined in Guerrilla, a new drama series written by 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley. Now that story finds echoes in a powerful exhibition of photographs of the time.
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Can Baltimore curtail police killings by defying Trump? – The Guardian
Kevin Cooper was killed by city police at age 14 in 2006, but his death has vanished into obscurity. Now there’s hope for reform to prevent such cases – if it can withstand Trump’s insistence on ‘law and order’.
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For Black homicides, Pa. ranks 5th deadliest in nation – The Philadelphia Tribune
Pennsylvania ranked the fifth-highest in the nation tallying Black homicide victims — with more than 26 deaths for each 100,000 Black residents, according to a study released this week by the Violence Policy Center.
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Baltimore Is a Case Study In How Black Cities Are Not Being Served by Black Leadership – Atlanta Black Star
What are Black elected officials doing to help their Black constituents? What is the purpose and value of Black power if there are Black faces in high places in city government, yet the old systems of institutional racism remain in place and the economic conditions of Black people do not improve?
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Chronicling Black Women’s Activist Work at the Hammer Museum – Hyperallergic
A series of talks and events between March 28 and 30, co-presented by the African-American Policy Forum, examines the role of black women and girls in the struggle for civil rights.
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The ‘We Love You’ Project Embraces Black Men – The Root
Frustrated by the recent deaths of black men at the hands of the police, Washington, D.C.-based photographer Bryon Summers felt the need to do something to change the image of black men.
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The Good, Racist People – The New York Times
Last month the actor Forest Whitaker was stopped in a Manhattan delicatessen by an employee.
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True/False Film Fest: Ferguson film ‘Whose Streets?,’ from the people who filled them – Los Angeles Times
Sometimes a subject, an audience and a place converge in just the right way. And a combustible way.
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