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Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

My Mother, the Drug War and Me: Reading Ta-Nehisi Coates and Forgiving my Own Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration

August 10, 2016September 4, 2016African American Literature, African American Politics ...

For years, I blamed the destruction of our family on her. Coates’ newest Atlantic article opened my eyes—and heart.

Black Activists Don’t Ignore Crime

August 9, 2016September 4, 2016Black Crime, Black Lives Matter ...

IT has become a standard conservative talking point: Black activists focus on police brutality but ignore violent crime in black neighborhoods.

White Noise in the ‘Conversation’ About Race

August 5, 2016African American Lives, African American Politics ...

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Black Lives Matter Releases Policy Agenda

August 3, 2016African American History, African American Lives ...

It has been nearly two years since the killing of Michael Brown Jr. by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, touched off outrage and a national movement to save black lives from state violence. Now, just days ahead of the anniversary of Brown’s death, a coalition of organizations that grew from that uprising have launched a policy agenda calling for deep criminal justice and policing reforms.

Why Highways Have Become the Center of Civil Rights Protest

July 29, 2016African American History, African American Lives ...

After activists protesting the death of Philando Castile left the governor’s mansion in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday night, they marched through the city down Lexington Parkway and then onto the highway, across all eight lanes of traffic. There, some of them sat down, a provocative gesture of civil disobedience in the face of rushing commerce.