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Collegiate Voices – Poet Perfectly Explains The Struggles Black Women Face At PWIs – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
There are 10 guaranteed things that black women who attend predominantly white institutions (PWIs) for college experience, according to poet Kwyn Townsend Riley. View the…
Past Voices – Pride and Prejudice: The Early History of African Americans in Medicine by Russell W. Irvine
Travis J.A. Johnson, a member of the Class of 1908, is widely hailed as the first black graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons…
Part 2: Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Joins with Pastor to Achieve Criminal Justice Reform
Kenneth Glasgow pastor and founder and national president of The Ordinary People’s Society (TOPS), a faith-based organization focusing on criminal justice reform and rehabilitation of…
Collegiate Voices – Clemson Students End 9-Day Sit-In – Josh Logue / Inside Higher Ed
Students at Clemson University ended a nine-day sit-in outside Sikes Hall with chants, fists raised, speeches and a standing ovation from a crowd of supporters. Theirs…
Today’s teens are more skeptical that racism will go away than teens in 1966 – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
One of the Most Racially Divided States in the Country Just Passed a New Voter-ID Bill – Ari Berman / The Nation
How psychologists used these doctored Obama photos to get white people to support conservative politics – Max Ehrenfreund / Wash Post
We didn’t need to drop the bomb — and even our WW II military icons knew it – Gar Alperovitz / Salon
Prison slavery’: Alabama inmates strike over awful conditions, unpaid work – Stephen Lamb / RT
Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Speaks from Behind Bars / Democracy Now
“We are engaged in a struggle for our lives.” Kinetik Justice co-founder of the Free Alabama Movement. He is currently serving his 28th month in…
Autism Research’s Overlooked Racial Bias – Amy Yee / The Atlantic
The one thing rich parents do for their kids that makes all the difference – Emily Badger / Wash Post
What Young Men Of Color Can Teach Us About The Achievement Gap – Elissa Nadworny / NPR
Racism by Any Other Name – Vann R. NewKirk / The Atlantic
Terms such as “racial conflict” fail to describe the challenge Obama faced, or the resentment that has powered Trump’s rise. Read more and view the…
Ex-Cop Facing Federal Civil Rights Charges For Fatally Shooting Man In The Back – Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed
How to get justice in civil rights cold cases – Aditya Shah / Politico
Entitled, racist, bigoted, thugs: It is time to call Donald Trump supporters by their real names – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Stephen Curry Is The First Unanimous MVP In NBA History – Juliet Spies-Gans / Huff Post
Farrakhan’s Grand Illusion – Jeet Heer / New Republic
A first look inside the Smithsonian’s African American museum – Peggy McGlone / Wash Post
A dream for 100 years, the National Museum of African American History and Culture promises to become an instant favorite when it opens Sept. 24,…
Gay stigma still behind Atlanta’s AIDS epidemic – Gracie Bonds Staples / AJC
South Carolina’s poisonous police culture: The death of Lori Jean Ellis – Radley Balko / Wash Post
Louisiana’s Color-Coded Death Penalty – The Editorial Board / NYT
The last time a white person in Louisiana was executed for a crime against a black person was in 1752, when a soldier named Pierre…
A New Investigation Confirms Your Worst Suspicions About Michigan Leaders and the Flint Water Crisis – Julia Lurie / Mother Jones
The Memphis Massacre of 1866 and Black Voter Suppression Today – Calvin Schermerhorn / The Atlantic
Past Voices – Martin Henry Freeman (1826 -1889) – Russell W. Irvine
Martin Henry Freeman’s life can be divided into two periods: his 37-year residence in America and his 25-year stay in Liberia, Africa. Freeman was born…
