Race - KOLUMN Magazine

Canada’s first and only all-black battalion honoured with special stamp | Global News

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020African American Veterans

Canada Post unveiled a limited edition stamp in Cherrybrook, N.S. on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of black men who formed a segregated unit and fought during the First World War. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The company said the stamp is a chance to honour the contributions of black Canadians. “This stamp honours men who stepped […]

When advertisers fetishize race | The Washington Times

December 4, 2019January 3, 2020Race

Depicting a sanitized racial utopia is unfamiliar to most Americans

How a Black Farming Community Found Justice | YES Magazine

August 6, 2019September 6, 2020Black Farmers, KINDR'D ...

Black families in the South are doing important work to continue the legacy of Black farming communities.

Data of prejudice: the uses and abuses of the science of race | New Statesman

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

New books by science writer Angela Saini and psychology professor Jennifer Eberhard look at the “scientific” evolution of racism throughout history.

Is ‘Race Science’ Making A Comeback? | NPR

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019African American History, KINDR'D ...

Jess Kung, Gene Demby & Shereen Marisol Meraji | NPR Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science. Henrietta Garden. Featured Image [dropcap]When[/dropcap] Angela Saini was 10 years old, her family moved from what she called “a very multicultural area” in East London to the almost exclusively white Southeast London. Suddenly her brown […]

Tell Me It’s Not About Race | The Atlantic

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

DeRay Mckesson doesn’t get First Amendment rights, but neofascists do.

World War II veteran calls honorable discharge from Army to correct an ‘injustice’ nearly 75 years later ‘a miracle’ | Chicago Tribune

June 7, 2019November 11, 2019African American Veterans

PHILADELPHIA World War II veteran Nelson Henry Jr. never thought he would see the day the Army would correct his discharge nearly 75 years after he was forced to leave the military because of the color of his skin. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Henry, 95, of Philadelphia, received word Monday from the Army Correction of Military Records […]

Black History Month: Gloria Hayes Richardson led a movement | Daily Kos

February 11, 2019March 5, 2019African American Activist, African American History ...

Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg Gallery. Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] have never forgotten the first time I saw a photograph of a black woman dismissively pushing a National Guard soldier’s bayonet out of her face, and another image of that […]

Man Sees $1 Baseball Bat at Garage Sale and Discovers Its Jackie Robinson’s | The Epoch Times

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019African American Athletes, African American History ...

One never knows what he or she might find at a garage sale, and one man in Iowa can definitely attest to this statement.

Whether They Wanted it or Not, Jackie Robinson Raised Americans’ Consciousness | The New York Times

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019African American Athletes, African American Health ...

George Vecsey, The New York Times | BOSTON, MA – JANUARY 1: Former professional baseball player Jackie Robinson at Boston University. Exact date unknown. (Photo by Frank O’Brien/The Boston Globe via Getty Images). Featured Image [dropcap]This[/dropcap] happened at Shea Stadium a few decades ago: My son and I were in a half-empty section, not far […]