CHICAGO — Why has this generation of black activists failed to produce a Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or a Malcolm X — a charismatic, messiah-like figure who can lead a major movement?
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Is atheism the reason for Ta-Nehisi Coates’ pessimism on race relations? | The Guardian
In his latest book, Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of America’s leading public intellectuals, betrays an atheistic worldview devoid of redemption
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Five Arrested in Georgia in ‘Heinous’ 1983 Killing of Black Man | The New York Times
“If the crime happened today, it would be prosecuted as a hate crime…”
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Toni Morrison’s Radical Vision of Otherness | New Republic
The history of racism and exclusion in the United States is the history of whiteness.
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Black Lives Matter cannot be sued, judge rules after police officer takes action | The Guardian
BLM is a social movement like the Tea Party and activist DeRay Mckesson’s actions amounted to protected speech, says judge in dismissing suit.
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Remembering Black Women in St. Louis’s Pruitt-Igoe Housing Projects | Black Perspectives
Policymakers assumed that if men were in the home, poor women on welfare would inevitably have more children and cost taxpayers more money. So by 1959, women headed the majority of households in Pruitt-Igoe.
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DOJ Won’t Prosecute Baltimore Officers In Freddie Gray Case | NPR
The Department of Justice will not bring civil rights charges against six Baltimore police involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the young black man whose death caused widespread violent protest in that city in 2015.
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Life After the Storm: Children Who Survived Katrina Offer Lessons | The New York Times
Although “trauma” can mean many things, and is generally considered destructive, its demands can force people to learn what their abilities are and which are most useful when all seems lost.
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Ethel Mae Matthews and the Emmaus House in Atlanta | Black Perspectives
Fifty years ago, Emmaus House opened its doors for the first time. Located in Peoplestown, a deprived neighborhood southeast of downtown Atlanta, Emmaus House is a community advocacy and support center.
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I was jailed as a child. I know it’s possible to reintegrate into society with support | The Guardian
We need better access to reentry programs that offer support for people who have lived every day of their adulthood behind bars.
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