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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (American Baptist) creates petition against Stand Your Ground
At least 22 states currently have some form of “Stand Your Ground” legislation on the books. The American Baptist Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is the latest group to protest the controversial form of legislation.
Southern Baptists signal move away from conservatism with election of youngest president in 37 years
According to Jonathan Merritt of the Atlantic, Southern Baptists are attempting to shred their deep ties with the Republican Party and to re-engage with modern culture, as evidenced by their election of 45-year-old North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear as denomination president of the largest Protestant group in the U.S. Greear’s campaign video called for a […]
New social media checks for visa applicants show the dangerous transformation of surveillance in the US
Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring Black Liberation & Organizing, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. How do we hold politicians accountable to Black communities? Is that even possible? What should be our role in the electoral politics? What does abolition look like in practice? What […]
Why America Needs Justice-Oriented Civic Education Now More Than Ever
The United Negro Improvement Association. The Congress of Racial Equity. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The National Association of Colored Women. The National Association For the Advancement of Colored People. The Black Panther Party. The list of civic organizations that helped shape the course of racial justice in the 20th […]
Black Power: A Q&A With Charlene Carruthers
The office of Black Youth Project 100 is a few blocks from President Barack Obama’s private residence in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The organization’s national director, Charlene Carruthers, like Obama in his younger activist days, is a Chicago community organizer. The similarities may stop there. Indeed, Carruthers has been loudly calling for the resignation of […]
Jim Crow returns: Millions of voters of color threatened by electoral purge
The following piece is from Al Jazeera. It was written by Greg Palast. By: Greg Palast Election officials in 27 states, most of them Republicans, have launched a program that threatens a massive purge of voters from the rolls. Millions, especially black, Hispanic and Asian-American voters, are at risk. Already, tens of thousands have […]
Georgia officials approve Confederate flag specialty license plates
Georgia officials have approved a license plate featuring the Confederate flag, angering civil rights advocates. The Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans requested the new plate design.
15-Year Old Anthony Stokes Denied Heart Transplant Because of Trouble w/ the Law
Due to an enlarged heart, Anthony Stokes, a 15-year-old boy, may die in six months or fewer if he doesn’t receive a transplant. might not receive it due to, according to members of his family, his low grades and past trouble with the law.
Black Student Suffers Racist Attacks at University of Mississippi
A 19 year-old freshman has been the victim of racist attacks dating back to August of this year. “Blacks are known to steal,” was scrawled on his dorm room door. Later, his truck tires were slashed, stereo system stolen, and the letters “KKK” and “Go Home” written on the side of the vehicle.