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Black women punished for self-defense must be freed from their cages | The Guardian

January 3, 2019KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine ...

Black women have always been vulnerable to violence in the US. We have to address the systemic and cultural issues that contribute to this

Harlem Hellfighters: The black soldiers who brought jazz to Europe | BBC

January 3, 2019February 5, 2019African American History, African American Veterans ...

Video by Jane O’Brien and Bill McKenna, BBC [dropcap]World[/dropcap] War One brought many social changes – not least, the introduction of jazz to Europe. Thanks to a black American regiment of musicians called the Harlem Hellfighters, the French discovered the joys of syncopation. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] More than a century on, US musician Jason Moran is […]

New Year Brings Hope and Pushes for Proper Implementation with First Step Act | AFRO

January 2, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Wesley Bell laughs during his speech after being sworn in as St. Louis County Prosecutor during a New Year’s Eve celebration on Tuesday, Jan. 01, 2019 in St. Louis, Mo. Between jokes Bell took a serious note, stating there is a lot of work that needs to be done. Photo by […]

Baltimore trying to stem decades-long disappearing act | The Philadelphia Tribune

January 2, 2019African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

The sounds of late-night interlopers stomping down the stairs of a musty wreck next door; a constant fear of fire set by vandals; the social isolation; the rats. With no faith in a prompt police response, they keep a bat at the ready.

Bell fires veteran St. Louis County prosecutor who presented grand jury evidence in Michael Brown case | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

January 2, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

CLAYTON: On his second day in office, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell fired the veteran assistant prosecutor Kathi Alizadeh, who was primarily responsible for presenting evidence to the grand jury that declined to indict a Ferguson police officer in the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown.

Letitia James, the 67th New York State Attorney General, is also the first woman to ever hold this particular state-wide office. | Essence

January 2, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Breanna Edwards, Essence THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH OF NEW YORK CITY, NY – DECEMBER 01: NYC Public Advocate Letitia James speaks on stage at World AIDS Day 2017 at Kings Theatre on December 1, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Housing Works, Inc. ). Featured […]

If Beale Street Could Talk and the Urgency of Black Love | The Atlantic

January 2, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel homes in on the familial tenderness that buoys the youthful protagonists amid devastatingly common injustices.

Barry Jenkins and Kahlil Joseph Reimagine Roy DeCarava’s Admiring Vision of Harlem | Hyperallergic

January 1, 2019African American Art, African American Cinema ...

Director Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and video artist Kahlil Joseph’s “Fly Paper” transmute the aesthetics and storytelling of photographer Roy DeCarava’s 1950s portraits of Harlem.

Portraits From a Caravan | The New York Times

January 1, 2019Immigration, KOLUMN ...

A look at some of the people hoping to get into the United States.

Walmart heirs promote charter schools in Black community | The Philadelphia Tribune

January 1, 2019African American Education, KOLUMN ...

Sally Ho, The Philadelphia Tribune [dropcap]Amid[/dropcap] fierce debate over whether charter schools are good for Black students, the heirs to the Walmart company fortune have been working to make inroads with advocates and influential leaders in the Black community. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Walton family, as the leading supporter of America’s charter school movement, is spreading […]