In 1931, Zora Neale Hurston sought to publish the story of Cudjo Lewis, the final slave-ship survivor. Instead it languished in a vault. Until now.
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Moving From Generosity To Justice: A Conversation With The Ford Foundation President | 1a.org
1a.org Staff, 1a.org [dropcap]Ford[/dropcap] Foundation President Darren Walker says these words have been a guiding light in his approach to leading the philanthropy with a goal of tackling the root causes of inequality in society. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Philanthropy is marvelous, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which […]
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Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown’s Mother, Is Considering Running For Political Office In Ferguson | Essence
Ever since her son, 18-year-old Michael Brown, was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014, Lezley McSpadden has been a tireless advocate for justice. Now, she could be running for office.
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A Witness to the Desegregation—and Resegregation—of America’s Schools | The Atlantic
Rebecca Palacios began teaching soon after a landmark court case mandated integration of Latino schools—and watched the case’s effects weaken over decades.
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Tribeca Film Festival hosts screening and Q&A for ‘Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story’ | New York Amsterdam News
Martin’s extrajudicial killing seemed to reopen a portal to history many had fought to shut tight—a time when the Klu Klux Klan routinely and with impunity killed Blacks in the South and across rural America in the 100 years from Reconstruction through the civil rights era.
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Happy slaves? The peculiar story of three Virginia school textbooks | Richmond Times-Dispatch
If you were a Virginian between fourth and 11th grades from 1957 to the 1970s, you may well have gotten a dose of this official state history. The books were estimated to reach more than a million students.
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Why School Dress Codes Are Often Biased Against Black Girls | Slate
At this point, it’s a well-established fact that there are vast disparities in how different children receive disciplinary action in school.
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HBCUs Are Producing a New Generation of Young Women | AFRO
Today, public HBCUs continue to produce talent for the 21st Century with a disproportionate number being young women.
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A Humble Trailblazer: Meet Mary Alexander, the First African-American Woman to Appear in Coca-Cola Advertising (2013) | Coca Cola
Ask Mary who she is, and she’ll proudly share her many titles: wife, mother, grandmother, former teacher and high school principal.
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Women in Prison Take Home Economics, While Men Take Carpentry | The Atlantic
Decades after a government report on deep inequity in the vocational offerings of the nation’s criminal-justice system, little has changed.
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