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Carlotta Walls LaNier babysat my mom—Brown v. Board was watered down
Newsweek· 6 days agoIn the winter of 1969, during the frigid spring semester at the University of Minnesota, a coalition...
New Paradigm Or Political Agenda: Ethnic Studies vs. Liberated ES
Forbes· 6 days agoIn recent years, Ethnic Studies has become a focal point of intense controversy, particularly with...
How Medgar Evers shaped Amos Brown
The San Francisco Examiner· 9 hours agoAmos Brown considers Medgar Evers his mentor, the catalyst for a life devoted to the civil rights movement. After all, Evers was the reason Brown, at 15...
The Fiction of the “Outside Agitator”
The Nation· 4 days agoMore than 2,000 people have been arrested on US college campuses for peacefully protesting Israel’s war on the people of Palestine. For the “crime” of...
Can 14 strangers from Wisconsin help America find common ground on abortion?
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoEditor’s note: This is the first in a series about a group of Wisconsin residents trying to come up...
Macklemore, the Lone Rapper With Some Sense Right Now
Vulture· 5 hours agoSay what you will about Macklemore, but he will rage against the machine. In the middle of the nastiest, and perhaps most unserious, rap beef of the decade, the Seattle MC directed his animus ...
David Baldacci’s ‘Calamity of Souls’ is a racially-charged ’60s courtroom drama
The State· 2 days agoIt took New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci more than a decade to write what may be his best, and most personal, story to date - and as someone who has sold more than 150 million ...
Inside Biden’s Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring Black luminaries, including the...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn a packed East Room, President Biden calls the class of recipients ‘incredible people’ whose...
Guns on Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism's site
The Raw Story· 2 days agoAaron Houran, a local water quality technician, was summoned to his son’s high school on the North Carolina coastline in November 2022. A school resource officer had pulled his 16-year-old son ...
These Books On Black Motherhood Are Right On Time For Mother’s Day!
Black Enterprise· 5 hours agoFor Mother's Day, books can be great gifts to the women who have loved and nurtured us. Here's a list of books that celebrate Black motherhood.