Juror B29 – the only minority juror on the George Zimmerman trial – says George Zimmerman “got away with murder,” and that she owes an apology to Trayvon Martin’s family: “I was the juror that was going to give them the hung jury. I fought to the end.”
Inalienable civil rights might actually still be a concept, if Attorney General Holder has anything to do with it. In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder I was not convinced. If you aren’t familiar with the case, this major decision essentially gutted the Voting Rights Act, rendering section 5 […]
Sometimes Black folks are so hard on Black folks. Â To much attention and fanfare, actor Romany Malco published an article last week in Huff Post outlining his take on the Trayvon Martin case. In a crisp and spirited litany, Malco aligned himself with the chorus of folks who have decided that the Trayvon Martin case […]
According to a recent study, Black students at predominantly white universities fear the loss of their cultural identities, feel pressured to assimilate into the dominant culture, and expressed frustration with the lack of cultural understanding displayed by their classmates.
A recent article over at The Nation shines a light on how young people from across the country are uniting, organizing, and demanding justice.
Educator Brooke Harris is facing termination for allegedly helping students organize a walkout. But she says she had nothing to do with the walkout, and that shes being singled out for speaking out against the Education Achievement Authority, the organization that runs the school.
76-year old John Spooner has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 13-year old Darius Simmons.
Lauryn Hill has penned a letter to her fans from behind bars: “Although it has taken some adjustment, I cannot deny the favor I have encountered while in here, and general warm reception from a community of people who despite their circumstances, have found unique ways to make the best of them.”
I try not to say much anymore about the POTUS in this space, but since he stole the spotlight from Bill Cosby by actually speaking about the George Zimmernan verdict, I thought I should make say something very briefly. If you missed it, the POTUS gave a 10-minute or so speech about Trayvon Martin. Working […]
According to Bill Cosby, one cannot prove that a person, Zimmerman in this case, is racist unless they say something like, “Hey, I’m racist,” and we should thus not talk about “racial stuff” regarding the reason for and outcome of the case:
76-year old John Spooner has been found guilty of intentional homicide in the tragic shooting death of 13-year old Darius Simmons. It took a jury less than two hours to reach a verdict.
Like the rest of America my newsfeed, tumblr, twitter, instagram etc have been filled with people’s opinion on Sunday’s Zimmerman verdict. And most of the response has been pro-Trayvon (I guess I pick my friends wisely). There have been tons of pictures of people at rallies, impassioned statuses about how unfair the verdict was, and […]
