WRIIT - KOLUMN Magazine

Dismantling the Myth of the “Black Confederate” | Slate

September 2, 2019August 10, 2020African American History, Black History ...

A new book explores the false—yet oddly ubiquitous—belief that black men fought for the South during the Civil War.

At Home With Forbes + Masters | Essence

August 30, 2019August 16, 2020#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

THIS ATLANTA-BASED INTERIOR DESIGN DUO HAVE EARNED THEIR SEAT AT THE TABLE

Dred Scott Decision: The Case and Its Impact | ThoughtCo.

August 30, 2019August 16, 2020African American History, Black History ...

By Robert Longley, ThoughtCo. Dred Scott v. Sandford, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, declared that black people, whether free or slave, could not be American citizens and were thus constitutionally unable to sue for citizenship in the federal courts. The Court’s majority opinion also declared that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was […]

White women were colonisers too. To move forward, we have to stop letting them off the hook | The Guardian

August 30, 2019August 16, 2020African American History, Black History ...

We will never understand the impact of colonial oppression if we underestimate white women’s role in it, writes Ruby Hamad

Alabama man who served 36 years of a life sentence for stealing $50 to be freed | The Guardian

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

Alvin Kennard was imprisoned in 1983 with a disproportionately harsh sentence under the ‘three strikes law’

‘Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master’ | GOOD.IS

August 30, 2019August 18, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Anderson’s letter showed compassion, defiance, and dignity.

Marian Anderson: The Most Modest Trailblazer | NPR

August 29, 2019August 18, 2020African American Entertainment, African American History ...

By Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR Classical singer Marian Anderson was one of the all-time greats — both as an artist, and as a cultural figure who broke down racial barriers. She is best known for performing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, after she was denied permission to sing for an integrated audience at Washington’s DAR Constitution […]

Tag: WRIIT