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Storify: #BlackSpring Comes to Madison Streets
Posted: May 13, 2015Marchers took to the streets in Madison today to demand racial justice after District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced yesterday that Officer Matt Kenny would face no charges in the...
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The Last Time I Saw Selma
Posted: May 14, 2015The late, great Milton Mayer wrote this reflection on Selma in 1965.Topics: Civil RightsRace / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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'End of the Nightstick': Chicago Poets Fight Police Violence
Posted: May 26, 2015Police brutality did not start or end with Burge, and in communities of color there is a long history of organized protests and creative responses to this phenomenon. Topics: Civil...
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Black Voices: We Don’t Need Armed Students on Campuses
Posted: June 9, 2015Photo by Sean MaddenA new Texas law allowing college students to carry concealed guns is part of a dangerous national trend.Topics: EducationGunsProgressive Media ProjectAfrican...
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Posted: June 17, 2015Oscar winning director John Ridley spoke recently at the LA Film Festival on race, Hollywood and the current renaissance of black-themed film.Topics: Civil RightsAfrican Americans
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Black Voices: Bernie Sanders Should Address Racial Injustice
Posted: June 17, 2015Photo by AFGE Topics: PoliticsProgressive Media ProjectAfrican Americans
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Tears of Love
Posted: June 18, 2015Photo by the U.S. Library of CongressIn July 1963, The Progressive published Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from his Birmingham jail cell, under the headline “Tears of Love.” We...
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How Much More Unbearable Do They Want It To Be?
Posted: June 19, 2015Photo by eyeliamSome tried to chide me on issuing a call of sorts to white people about the environment that creates a Dylann Roof.Well, I'm from South Carolina. This state is the...
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Black Voices: Drawing the Right Lessons from Charleston
Posted: June 23, 2015Photo by Jason EppinkTopics: GunsProgressive Media ProjectRace / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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Black Voices: Reasons for Hope in South Carolina
Posted: June 30, 2015Photo by eyeliamTopics: GunsRace / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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When Police Decide What Teachers Can Teach
Posted: July 28, 2015As the nascent #BlackLivesMatter movement seeks reform of a criminal justice system that preys upon communities of color, law enforcement are increasingly attempting to quell...
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Remembering Civil Rights Advocate Julian Bond
Posted: August 17, 2015Julian Bond, a legend in the civil rights movement, was a powerful presence in Washington, D.C., where I had the good fortune to interact with him when I was Washington editor of...
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#LaughingWhileBlack Another Burden for People of Color
Posted: September 2, 2015The phenomenon of #DrivingWhileBlack has long been documented. The latest social media firestorm chronicles #LaughingWhileBlack.Topics: Race / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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“THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION” Film Review
Posted: September 2, 2015 One wonders: If Huey patrolled the “pigs” today to make sure they did not violate citizens’ rights and were held accountable for their misdeeds, would he carry a cell phone...
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From the Magazine: From Plantation to Planet
Posted: December 14, 2015A few years ago I visited two plantations just upstream from Charleston Harbor, the entry point for about 40 percent of the enslaved Africans brought to North America.Topics:...
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Teaching Rebellion: Schools Must Cultivate A Struggle for Justice
Posted: December 17, 2015They ask me each morning, “When’s the next protest? “Has Rahm Emanuel resigned yet?”Topics: ActivismCivil RightsEducationPublic School ShakedownAfrican Americans
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Gentrifying Black History
Submitted by Scout on Fri, 02/12/2016 - 1:50pmGentrification is also happening in our classrooms and books.Topics: EducationPublic School ShakedownRace / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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Ever Heard Of ‘Black Wall Street’?
Brandon WeberThe schools in the black district were superior, and many houses had indoor plumbing before those in the white areas did. Topics: EconomyRace / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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Why Clinton is Beating Sanders on Race
Fred McKissakThis presidential primary is now in Mondo bizarro mode, where almost nothing makes sense, particularly black adulation for the Clintons.Topics: Civil RightsElectionsDemocratsProgressive...
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