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Red Summer, 100 years later: Its legacy of racial division and hate is buried in our demography | Daily Kos

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019African American History

The events of Red Summer are important to remember in part because they are representative of the kind of horror that lies within the history of being black in America, a horror most white Americans little understand or appreciate, reinforced by their often willful ignorance. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] However, these events all were noteworthy in another […]

‘Watchmen’ Is A Powerful Exploration Of Black Trauma, And Everyone Needs To Watch | HuffPost

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film

The sixth episode of the HBO series confronts white supremacy in TV’s best hour of the year.

Incarcerated People Can Do More than Beat Harvard in a Debate | Rolling Stone

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019Mass Incarceration

“College Behind Bars,” a new PBS documentary executive-produced by Ken Burns, shines a light on a program that every major university in America should be sponsoring

Barbara Hillary, First Black Woman to Reach the Poles, Is Dead at 88 | The New York Times

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019African American History

She accomplished both feats in her 70s, after deciding as a retired nurse that she wanted a little adventure in her life.

Azellia White, trailblazer for African American women in aviation, dies at 106 | The Washington Post

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019African American History

Azellia White, who said she found freedom in the skies, becoming one of the first African American women to earn a pilot’s license in the United States, died Sept. 14 at a nursing home in Sugar Land, Tex. She was 106. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Her death was reported Nov. 18 in the London Daily Telegraph but […]

Success Comes from Affirming Your Potential | Harvard Business Review

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019African American Economics, African American Professionals ...

When you see how underrepresented African-Americans are in current leadership roles, it can be easy to get discouraged about their prospects for leadership advancement. Despite a rise in the number of black college and university graduates, just 8% of managers and under 4% of CEOs are black. In the Fortune 500 companies there are currently […]

Ayanna Pressley Introduces Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform Resolution | Essence

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019African American Politics, Criminal Justice Reform

The United States, a nation addicted to punishment and cages, is the number one jailer in the world, something that Pressley is seeking to change.

He Survived A Near-Lynching. 50 Years Later, He’s Still Healing | NPR, Morning Edition

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019African American History, Black History

It was 1965 when Winfred Rembert, then 19, says he was almost killed by a group of white men. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “I’m 71. But I still wake up screaming and reliving things that happened to me,” Winfred, now 73, said. During a 2017 StoryCorps interview, Winfred told his wife, Patsy Rembert, 67, about the traumatic […]

Court Stops Execution of Rodney Reed in Texas After Outcry | The New York Times

November 16, 2019November 16, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform

Mr. Reed had been scheduled to die on Wednesday. Celebrities, politicians and the state’s parole board had all argued for a reprieve.

N.J. sending teachers to visit trans-Atlantic slave sites to teach black history in public schools | The Philadelphia Inquirer

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019African American History, Black History

New Jersey public school teachers will get to travel to trans-Atlantic sites associated with the slave trade to learn how to better teach black history — not just in February but year-round — to comply with a decades-old state mandate. The initiative was announced Friday as a new program under the state’s Amistad law, which […]