She made the movie she wanted, about a multiracial world and the loss of a beloved parent. “I know it’s $100 million” for Disney, she says. “They’ll be fine.”
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They’re Walking Five Days Straight to Honor Harriet Tubman—and Black Women Everywhere | Yes Magazine
The women of GirlTrek are traversing 100 miles of the Underground Railroad to highlight Black female health and wellness.
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Julie Washington’s Quest to Get Schools to Respect African-American English | The Atlantic
The speech pathologist believes that helping kids switch seamlessly between dialects is a key to their success.
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Flint Town Is an Alarming Portrait of Cops, Politics, and a Reeling City | Vulture
The “us versus them” problem afflicts every major police department in the United States to some degree, and one of the most fascinating aspects of Flint Town is its portrait of how nonwhite police officers internalize that mentality even as they remain aware that it’s at odds with their own personal identity.
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‘Fast Car’ and the Living Histories of Working Class Black Women | Broadly.
Tracy Chapman’s most famous song has a singular point of view, that of a Black woman filled with regret and a sense of longing for a life not lived.
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A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us | The Progressive
“The riot was a problem created by community policing in a hostile environment. It’s up to people now to decide whether there are lessons relevant to the present.” – Paul Matthews, founder of Houston’s Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
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Celebrating Bermuda: The Legacy of James ‘Jemmy’ Darrell | Bermuda Biographies
A slave for most of his life, James Darrell was granted his freedom at the age of 47 because of his outstanding skills as a pilot. He was one of Bermuda’s first King’s pilots, as well as the first known black person to purchase a house.
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Viola Desmond, the Black Woman Who Fought Against Segregation in Canada | Broadly
In 1946, Viola Desmond insisted on sitting in the whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theater, and now she’s being put on the $10 bill for her bravery.
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Deacons for Defense provided protection when no one else would | USA Today
Robert Hicks, Charles Sims and A.Z. Young started the first affiliate chapter in Bogalusa. The group’s intense confrontations with the Klan in Bogalusa was pivotal in forcing the federal government’s involvement on the behalf of the local African-American community.
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Alicia Garza Launches New Organization to Harness Black Political Power | Colorlines
“Black folks drive the progressive political power in this country, but rarely benefit from the fruits of our labor. We are launching the Black Futures Lab as a way to mobilize around our needs, hopes and dreams.”
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