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A history of white valor: How World War II stories were made to erase violence against Africa
By Lewam Dejen As a Black woman, a diasporic transplant and a student in and of the West, I find myself in a sunken place within traditions of “collective history.” I am nowhere in the stories to which I devoted my everything. Many marginalized people know the struggle of holding tightly onto what decidedly unsees […]
Governor declares state of emergency and curfew in Missouri
Missouri governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed an overnight curfew in Ferguson over the weekend. The move is an attempt to quell disturbances that have shaken up the city since a Ferguson police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager.
White district sends black youth back to failing schools
Hundreds of mostly poor students of color will be sent back to their home districts next school year. The students used controversial Missouri law to transfer out of the failing schools, to enter better schools in predominately white neighborhoods.