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Jeb Bush Is Wrong on Voting Rights Act, and It’ll Cost Him – Theodore R. Johnson III / The Root
The discomfiting truth about white feminism: Meryl Streep, Amy Poehler and the movement’s long history of racial insensitivity – Eesha Pandit / Salon
A Black President Is Not a Magical Negro – Jamal Smith / New Republic
Echoing Calls for Justice of Million Man March, but Widening Audience – Jada F. Smith / NYT
The Cross and the Lynching Tree – James H. Cone / You Tube
” I speak and I write for all who care about humanity.” Published on Jun 1, 2012 April 29, 2012 The Love Your Neighbor Worship…
How The Million Man March Changed One Man’s Life – Tom Rowley / Wash Post
Interracial Couples Share The Insults They’ve Experienced In Insightful Photo Series – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
Workers or slaves? Textbook maker backtracks after mother’s online complaint – Yanan Wang / Wash Post
Charlotte Was Different- An Unarmed black man killed by a white police officer – with an unfamiliar ending – Leon Neyfakh / Slate
LBJ signs bill abolishing immigration national origin quotas: Oct 3, 1965 – Andrew Glass / Politico
Ben Carson’s destructive lies: 4 racist assumptions endorsed and magnified by Black conservatives – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Black and white Americans use drugs at similar rates. One group is punished more for it – German Lopez / Vox
Mass Shootings Are Not The Real Problem – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Justice Reform Bills Reflect Move Away From Mass Incarceration – Lauren Victoria Burke / The Root
The Cross And The Lynching Tree – James H. Cone
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful work, theologian…
Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights – Ari Berman / The Nation
The Data Are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding – Gillian B. White / The Atlantic
Slavery Myths Debunked – Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion / Slate
Has recognition that ‘black’ and brilliant coexist finally arrived – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Control – Saul Cornell and Eric M. Rubens / The Atlantic
Justice after Injustice : What happens after a wrongly convicted person is exonerated – Lara Bazelon / Slate
Picking Cotton – Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton and Erin Torneo
Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. She was able to escape, and eventually positively…
Senator Warren’s Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States – A Powerful Affirmation That ‘Black Lives Matter’
Senator Elizabeth Warren Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate September 27, 2015 ***As Prepared for Delivery*** and See Video…
Race Inquiry – Devoted to Inquires About Race in America and the World
Do you have time to read daily over 30 news sources, including the Washington Post and the New York Times ? For the most current…
Prison Kids: join the fight Against the Mass Incarceration of Our Youth – The Root Staff / The Root
Our forgotten slavery horror: The shameful, untold history of America and the Cuban slave trade – Stephen Chambers / Salon
