National News
The Number of Black Teachers Has Fallen in 9 Major Cities – Casey Quinlan / Thinkprogress
How the South’s Public Enemy No 1 Climbed Onto the Supreme Court – Annette Gordon-Reed / Wash Post
Ahmed Mohamed is just one example of the bigotry American Muslims face – Linda Sarcour / The Guardian
Ta-Nehisi Coates: “For African Americans, unfreedom is the historical norm ” – Ezra Klein / Vox
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration – Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic
Will the Ferguson Commission’s Final Report Just Collect Dust On a Shelf – Mariah Stewart / Huff Post
How we won, and are losing, the right to vote – John Lewis / Wash Post
How Psychiatrist Willaim Grier, dead at 89, predicted BlackLivesMatter with ‘Black Rage’ – Justin Wm. Moyer / Wash Post
Campaign 2016 : The Angry White Man’s last Stand – Charles Ellison / The Root
Is There a Black Silent Majority? Kelefa Sanneh / The New Yorker
This Community is Not A White Community – David Noriega / BuzzFeed
History Repeats Itself With Backlash Against Black Empowerment – Todd Steven Burroughs / The Root
White Fright: Does Donald Trump represent the ascendency of white nationalism on the American right? Reihan Salam – Slate
Ken Burn’s ‘Civil War’ After Dylann Roof – Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast
Yes, One book Can Change Your Life, Even in Prison – Sasha Bronner / Huff Post
Armed revolution and free breakfast: The extraordinary true story of “The Black Panthers” and how they shaped our era – Andrew O’Hehir / Salon
The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools -Karen Heller / Wash Post
White Hands and Black Skulls: From the Panthers to “Straight Outta Compton” – Stuart Klawans / The Nation
Megyn Kelly demands Cornel West explain why #BlackLivesMatter doesn’t protest black-on-black violence – Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon
A Summer so Lawless in D.C. , it Feels Like the Wild West – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
The solace of street knowledge: Violence, black vulnerability and reading the lessons of Ta-Nihisi Coates in “Straight Outta Compton” – Silpa Kouvali / Salon
Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans – Kristina Kay Robinson / The Nation
Confederate Fantasies and the Donald Trump Surge – Bob Cesca / Salon
How companies make millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks – Terrence McCoy / Wash Post
Parents’ Ceremony Serves Up Elements of “Morehouse Gospel” – Kevin D. Liles / NYT
Go Back to Mexico Sentiment is Most Prevalent in States That Used to be Mexico – John Paul Brammer / Blue Nation Review
