Under the bill, lynching would be punishable by a sentence of up to life in prison. The measure would not preclude murder charges that can already be brought under existing law.
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How to prepare your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet | Fast Company
Artificial Intelligence will rule the jobs of the future, so learning how to work with it will be key. But the skills needed might not be what you expect.
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Black Brazilians are ditching hair straighteners and white standards of beauty | The Washington Post
Black and brown Brazilians make up more than half of the country’s population, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the beauty industry.
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Indigenous Hospital, Home of Formerly Enslaved Man Added to List of Endangered Sites | Colorlines
The National Trust for Historic Preservation features sites of historic and cultural importance to Black, Indigenous, Latinx and Carribean communities on its 2018 list of the “11 Most Endangered Historic Places.”
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Most Influential Icons In Contemporary African Pop Culture | Africa.com
Africa’s influential icons are growing in influence globally as the world is taking notice of the continent’s originality and cool factor.
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Thousands of children are imprisoned across Africa. They need justice | The Guardian
Young people are all but invisible in the justice system, facing ill treatment at the hands of those who should be protecting them.
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Harriet Tyler, long-time Santa Ana resident and black history curator, remembered for her contributions | The Orange County Register
For seven decades, Harriet Tyler worked to preserve and document the history of African Americans in Orange County.
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New Exhibit Tackles Jim Crow Repression and Resistance | Colorlines
Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow is the first of several upcoming New-York Historical Society exhibits dedicated to Black culture and history.
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Mayor of a Pittsburgh suburb asked police to hose down protesters with water cannons | CNN
A Pennsylvania mayor is apologizing for posting Facebook images urging police to “bring the hoses” against protesters and blast them with water cannons, evoking images of the civil rights era.
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Marilyn Mosby wins re-election in three-way race for Baltimore state’s attorney | The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby won a contentious Democratic primary election Tuesday and became the city’s first top prosecutor to be re-elected in a dozen years after fending off weeks of attacks from her two challengers, defense attorney Ivan Bates and former prosecutor Thiru Vignarajah.
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