By Njera Perkins, AfroTech Black creators are versatile in every way both inside and outside of traditional Black culture. Two Black background artists, Arthell and Darnell Isom, alongside animator Henry Thurlow, founded D’ART Shtajio — a 2-D animation studio in Tokyo — making it the “first major anime studio created by Black animators” in Japan, CBR reports. […]
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San Diego Police Stop Black People at a Rate 219 Percent Higher Than White People. | ACLU
By Jordan Valinsky, ACLU A recent Campaign Zero report on disparities in police stops in San Diego shines a light on the racist policing prevalent throughout the country. “They did what human beings looking for freedom, throughout history, have often done. They left.” These are the words of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson in her […]
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Nearly 300 Healthcare Workers Have Died From Coronavirus | Forbes
By Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes TOPLINE 294 healthcare workers have died from Covid-19 after fighting it on the frontlines, according to CDC data, which the National Nurses Union says is a consequence of PPE shortages. KEY FACTS 62,690 healthcare workers have contracted coronavirus, resulting in 294 casualties, according to new CDC data. There are likely more healthcare […]
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Starbucks reverses its stance and will now let baristas wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ apparel | CNN Business
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN Business) Starbucks is reversing its position that had prohibited employees from wearing paraphernalia, such as T-shirts or pins, supporting the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Although the company publicly supports “Black Lives Matter” on its social media channels and in a press release, an internal memo to employees obtained by […]
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Byron Allen, Comcast settle long-running battle over alleged racism | Los Angeles Times
By Meg James, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles media mogul Byron Allen has ended his high-profile legal battle over alleged racism by cable juggernaut Comcast Corp. after a five-year campaign that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Allen has long maintained that Philadelphia-based Comcast refused to offer his TV channels in its cable bundles because he’s […]
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Saraneka Martin, The Pregnant Woman Who Was Shot In The Stomach While Peacefully Protesting Shares What Happened And Shows The Wounds She Received Terrorist Cops | Black Sports Online
By Daniel Bell, Black Sports Online The murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have seemed to be the tipping point for many people and it’s completely understandable after police keep murdering black people. Not only have their deaths caused protest all around America, but also all around the world. However, for some reason, when […]
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Recalling an Era When the Color of Your Skin Meant You Paid to Vote | Smithsonian Magazine (2016)
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a ruling that made the poll tax unconstitutional By Allison Keyes, Smithsonian Magazine In January 1955 in Hardin County, Texas, Leo Carr had to pay $1.50 to vote. That receipt for Carr’s “poll tax” now resides in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. In today’s dollars, […]
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As Study Finds 4,000 Lynchings in Jim Crow South, Will U.S. Address Legacy of Racial Terrorism? | Democracy Now (2015)
By Democract Now Staff, Democracy Now A new report has uncovered shocking details about the history of lynchings in the United States and their legacy today. After five years of exhaustive research and interviews with local historians and descendants of lynching victims, the Equal Justice Initiative found white Southerners lynched nearly 4,000 black men, women […]
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Newsletter: A black-owned L.A. bookstore’s ‘incredible surge’ | Los Angeles Times
By Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, June 4, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. “Please use the hand sanitizer as you come in,” James Fugate said as he welcomed yet another customer into his small Leimert Park bookstore, motioning toward the folding table in the corner. […]
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People Keep Driving Into Protesters During The George Floyd Demonstrations Across The United States | BuzzFeed
With the nation’s streets becoming contested political spaces, cars have been turned into weapons — something the far right has joked about for years. The video is shocking. As the driver of an SUV swerves through an empty pocket of protesters on the streets of San Jose on Friday night, the passenger gestures out of […]
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