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Jackie Robinson West & Black “Border-Jumping”
By Elizabeth Todd-Breland “I wanted to reach out to you to thank and encourage you to continue to speak out against border-jumping families.” This was the message delivered from a former Little League official to Chris Janes, the white Vice President of the Evergreen Park Athletic Association who accused Jackie Robinson West’s all-black Chicago youth […]
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Michel du Cille dead at 58
Michel du Cille, a celebrated Washington Post photojournalist has passed away. He was 58.
Chicago Police Superintendent announces body cameras for cops
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy announced a pilot program to put body cameras on Chicago Police officers within the next 60 days.
Ferguson isn’t about black rage against cops. It’s white rage against progress.
The following piece is from Washington Post. It was written by Carol Anderson. By: Carol Anderson When we look back on what happened in Ferguson, Mo., during the summer of 2014, it will be easy to think of it as yet one more episode of black rage ignited by yet another police killing of an […]
Why so few white kids land in CPS — and why it matters
The following piece is from WBEZ. It was written by Natalie Moore. By: Natalie Moore Whites represent only 9 percent of the district’s student body, making school segregation worse.
“I am Darren Wilson”: St. Louis and the geography of fear
The following piece is from Quartz. It was written by Sarah Kendzior. By: Sarah Kendzior ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—“I am Darren Wilson.” The slogan is all over the St. Louis metropolitan area: on T-shirts worn by soccer moms, on rubber bracelets worn by police officers, on signs held by their wives. “I am Darren […]
White Federal judge to receive no punishment after controversial remarks about race
Last year, Judge Edith H. Jones of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals made a series of controversial remarks about race. Affidavits from attendees pointed to the problematic language, especially from a sitting federal judge. Despite Jones’ offensive remarks, she will not be punished.
Justice for Michael Brown: Ferguson Day of Rage protests planned throughout country today
In response to the death of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed teen who was gunned down by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer, citizens across the nation are staging a series of protests.
These images shatter the ‘absent black father’ stereotype
Photographer Zun Lee didn’t set out to create a series that shattered the stereotype of black men as absent black fathers. In fact, “Father Figure,” was meant to show black men in positive relationships with their children as a personal journey. But the project morphed into more than Lee could ever imagine.
Video: documentary takes on ‘rules of racism’
For its third installment, the “Hidden Colors” docuseries is tackling racism head on. The series takes a look at the cultural history of African Americans, through the lens of identity and race in America. But “Hidden Colors 3” goes beyond the traditional narrative of lynchings and race relations in the country, by offering an in-depth […]
KKK forms Neighborhood Watch Group
A Pennsylvania chapter of the Ku Klux Klan launched a neighborhood watch group in the area of Ridge Road in Fairview Township. The hate group formed the committee in response to a series of recent break-ins in the neighborhood, said Frank Ancona, the organization’s imperial wizard and president.
Student activists follow Harvard’s lead with ‘I,Too Am Oxford’ and ‘I,Too Am Iowa’ campaigns
Last week, we wrote about the “I, Too Am Harvard” photo campaign meant to highlight the voices of black students on the college’s campus. It appears that the campaign has spread to other campuses, with activists attending the University of Iowa and Oxford created their own campaigns.