
Fulton County is moving ahead with studying reparations for descendants of people who were enslaved or lived under Jim Crow laws in the county. By DorMiya Vance, WABE — Fulton officially…
Fulton County is moving ahead with studying reparations for descendants of people who were enslaved or lived under Jim Crow laws in the county. By DorMiya Vance, WABE — Fulton officially…
The Transatlantic Slave Trade lasted for more than 400 years. By Candace McDuffie, The Root — The legacy of slavery still has modern-day repercussions for Black Americans. It lasted four…
By Patrice Gaines, NBC News — A street sign on a dirt road leading up to a large plot of land in Nakina, North Carolina, lets you know you’re traveling…
An anonymous cop believes civil rights organizer DeRay Mckesson is liable for injuries suffered in a 2016 Black Lives Matter demonstration—but at least one conservative judge isn’t buying it. By…
It would take three centuries to overcome the current disparities without intervention, or at least a decade with a multitrillion-dollar stimulus plan. By Daniel Johnson, Black Enterprise — A recent…
By Crystal Eddins, AAIHS — This piece follows up on the January 2019 post “Haitian and French Petrol Protests in the Age of Climate Change.” Since that time, the PetrolCaribe…
“For us, it is continued protection,” says Wine, whose brutal fight to end his country’s 38-year governing regime is followed in the film. By Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter —…
‘King Richard’ helmer Reinaldo Marcus Green chronicles Marley’s rise to fame and his attempts to bring peace through his music. By Lovia Gyarkye, Hollywood Reporter — During a 1979 interview with Bob Marley,…
In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream? By Emily Witt, The New Yorker — Los Angeles’s Kingdom Day Parade is billed as…
Whether directly or indirectly, violence is often glorified and perceived to be an essential part of Black culture. The idea of “Black-on-Black” crime is a myth because the majority of…
By Wendy Fry, CalMatters — A group of California lawmakers is tackling reparations for Black descendants of enslaved people with a set of bills modeled after recommendations that a state…
The set of bills notably excludes direct cash payments. By Lara Korte, Politico — California state lawmakers introduced a slate of reparations bills on Wednesday, including a proposal to restore…