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NUL PRESIDENT MARC MORIAL CONTINUES TO FIGHT ‘BACKLASH’ AGAINST BLACK PROGRESS
The National Urban League president and CEO carried this emphatic message to the civil rights organization’s members at its first...
Black Enterprise
Jul 28, 20224 min read
The Upcoming Emmett Till Biopic Is Understandably Polarizing. But Does It Have to Be?
While some feel the forthcoming feature is yet another example of the exploitation of Black trauma and pain, others see it as a timely...
The Root
Jul 26, 20224 min read
Just Say ‘Slavery’
Involuntary relocation and enslaved person are misguided euphemisms. By Graeme Wood | The Atlantic Magazine | July 11, 2022 In my...
The Atlantic
Jul 11, 20224 min read
Proposed laws open Ohio kids up to hateful ideology, racist conspiracies
Dispatch Editorial Board | Columbus Dispatch | May 22, 2022 As history has shown time and time again, racism is real and causes real harm...
Columbus Dispatch
May 26, 20224 min read
Terrorism expert explains why the Great Replacement theory is so central to white racist ideology
Alex Henderson | AlterNet | May 18, 2022 Chicago-based history professor Kathleen Belew, author of the 2018 book “Bring the War Home: The...
AlterNet
May 22, 20224 min read
Broke By Design
Founder of Black Math Genius Program Reveals How Black People Are Broke By Design Black Enterprise Magazine | May 12, 2022 The Black Math...
Black Enterprise
May 13, 20224 min read
‘I never thought about giving up or quitting’: Oscar Robertson on MLK’s legacy
For the Basketball Hall of Famer, an early life of segregation and racism shaped his actions for fairness and equality By Martenzie...
The Undefeated
Jan 16, 20225 min read
A poet and a protester, Gil Scott-Heron captured his time — and ours
One of the premier voices of the Black Power movement is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame By David Dennis, Jr. | The...
The Undefeated
Nov 13, 20216 min read
From Juneteenth To The Fourth Of July: America’s Struggle To Live Up To Its Freedom Promise
The unthinkable is becoming reality. But there’s lots more work that needs to be done. by Janai Nelson, NAACP Legal Defense Fund |...
Blavity News
Jul 2, 20215 min read
Here’s What You Need To Know About Critical Race Theory
A quick guide to the strain of thought that mostly exists at the highest levels of higher education By Maya Pottiger | Word In Black |...
Word In Black
Jun 27, 20212 min read
The Jim Crow Republicans aren't just attacking voting — they want to rewrite history
As the truism warns, those who control the past control the future. By Chanucey Devega | Salon - Commentary | June 23, 2021 Words have...
RawStory
Jun 23, 20217 min read
The newest attack on “critical race theory” echoes the Great Replacement conspiracy theory
Fox publishes former Trump official’s pamphlet accusing the left of trying to “replace you,” along with proposal to forbid teachers from...
Media Matters
Jun 11, 20216 min read
The Capitol Rioters Won
Although some Republican leaders deplored their violence, most have come to support the rioters’ claim that Trump’s defeat meant the...
The Atlantic
Jun 7, 20218 min read
‘Justice looks like telling the story’: the long buried story of the Tulsa race massacre
In 1921, a white mob destroyed a black neighborhood in one of the country’s worst episodes of racial violence. A new film traces the...
The Guardian
May 30, 20215 min read
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