Multiple police officers in Brooklyn say they were told by a commander that white and Asian people should be left alone.
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A 1970 Law Led to the Mass Sterilization of Native American Women. That History Still Matters | Time
Marie Sanchez, chief tribal judge on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, arrived in Geneva in 1977 with a clear message to deliver to the United Nations Convention on Indigenous Rights. American Indian women, she argued, were targets of the “modern form” of genocide—sterilization. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Over the six-year period that had followed the passage of the […]
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Don’t be fooled by anti-college rhetoric: College is indispensable to black empowerment | USA Today
Higher education remains the greatest engine for social mobility in American society. Perhaps this is most important for African American students.
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Why right-wing commentators distort the history of slavery and emancipation | The Washington Post
Classmates of five-year-old Michael Clark Jr sat in the courtroom holding paper hearts on sticks in support
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House passes voting rights bill to restore protections struck down by Supreme Court | The Washington Post
The House passed legislation Friday restoring protections of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act that were undone when the Supreme Court struck down federal oversight of elections in states with a history of discriminating against minority communities. The bill passed 228 to 187, with unanimous Democratic support and the vote of one Republican — Rep. […]
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Pinterest And The Knot To Stop Promoting Plantations As ‘Romantic’ Wedding Venues | HuffPost
The wedding site giants are changing their policies about plantation venues after advocacy group Colors of Change sent them complaints.
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Found: The Oldest-Known Photograph of Enslaved African Americans With Cotton | Atlas Obscura
The daguerreotype records their faces, but not their names.
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The Black Artists You Should Know at Basel | Paper Mag
The art world’s annual December pilgrimage to Miami for Art Basel is currently underway. The glamorous mega fair and the more than two dozen satellite fairs that exist in its orbit draw tens of thousands of attendees each year. Some go to schmooze, some go to buy, and everyone arrives ready to party. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]
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How I Get By: A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier | Vice
Cierra Brown is trying to do all she can on her own, but it rarely feels like she’s doing enough.
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Meet the CEO of Bed, Bath & Beyond, She is the First Black Woman to Head a Fortune 500 Company Since Ursula Burns | Black Enterprise
Meet Bed, Bath & Beyond’s new CEO, Mary Winston. She will be the first black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company since Ursula Burns stepped down as the CEO of Xerox in 2017. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Winston has a long career as an executive. Previously, she was executive vice president and chief financial officer of […]
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