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Rickwood game: Reggie Jackson, on live TV, recalls his experiences with racism in Alabama
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoThursday’s game between the Giants and Cardinals at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama was billed...
These are Trump’s potential picks for vice president
Local 3 News Chattanooga· 2 days agoWith just weeks until the Republican National Convention, where the former president is expected to announce his pick for vice president, sources have...
Juneteenth: Burned crosses in Miami mark racist past
CBS News· 6 days agoJuneteenth (June 19th) marks the end of slavery in Texas and is the day the country commemorates the ending of slavery and freedom for African Americans....
Byron Donalds and the myth of the broken Black family | New Orleans' Multicultural News Source | The...
Louisiana Weekly· 4 days agoBlack Republican Byron Donalds has come under fire for saying that “during Jim Crow, the Black family was together.” The Florida congressman made the remarks ...
Reparations how? Mayor Johnson's task force is beside the point on what's needed to fix Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times· 4 days agoSince then, there have been scores of national proposals to compensate the once-enslaved, or their descendants, and, as time passed, those who suffered under 20th century Jim
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 4 days agoReconstruction was seen as a political success until federal troops were pulled out of the south in...
Diane Oliver’s Fiction From Both Sides of the Color Line
The Nation· 7 days agoHow do you make art about racism? Neighbors, then, is that troublesome artifact: an artist’s...
Public memories. Private struggles.
Washington Post· 2 days agoHank Thomas settled into the recliner in his living room, drifting in and out of sleep. A White mob had bombed the vehicle because Thomas was on it. In 1961, Thomas was one of the original 13 ...
'Strength and resilience': Carver Museum launches Juneteenth exhibit ahead of holiday
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMany African Americans leaving the South left behind an oppressive reality, along with the humid...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 5 days agoOthers elect to attend solemn or reflective events that call attention to ongoing racial inequality. Why is Juneteenth important? The ending of slavery...