A 95-year-old man from New Zealand took four buses to join a local march against racism to show his support for the Muslim community in the wake of a terror attack targeting mosques in Christchurch that left 50 people dead.
Source: 95-year-old man catches four buses to join march against racism | TheHill
A man in Alabama just had his sentence changed so that he’ll be getting out of prison in the next few days.
His crime: Stealing $50.75 from a bakery 36 years ago.
Source: Man who spent 36 years in prison for stealing $50 from a bakery is now set to be freed – ABC News
While the sheriff admitted that raping a woman on the side of the road is not standard protocol, he defended the two officers who got away with it.
Source: Sheriff Dept. Shamelessly Defends Horrific Roadside Rape by Cop Caught on Dash Cam
Dear straight white men,
Please try to see this to gain some perspective other than your own…
Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Hi! My name is Michael W. Twitty and I’m one of those interpreters who has watched you squirm or run away. I’m not a reenactor, because G-d f…
Source: Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Sit Down. – Afroculinaria
Wisconsin has some of the most pronounced education gaps between black and white students. In 2012, a group of suburban Milwaukee school districts, along
Source: Summer Program Aims To Shift The Odds For Black Boys | WUWM
With each passing day, the debate for or against gun control rages on within the United States. And although the National Rifle Association (NRA) currently leads the charge for the rights of citizens to carry guns of all types with little to no interference from the government, the original gun rights advocates to take that stance were the Black Panthers.
Throughout the late 1960s, the militant black nationalist group used their understanding of the finer details of California’s gun laws to underscore their political statements about the subjugation of African-Americans. In 1967, 30 members of the Black Panthers protested on the steps of the California statehouse armed with .357 Magnums, 12-gauge shotguns and .45-caliber pistols and announced, “The time has come for black people to arm themselves.”
Source: The NRA Supported Gun Control When the Black Panthers Had the Weapons – HISTORY
Hearing the news of Morrison’s passing at 88, it’s difficult to imagine what the landscape might have been without her influence. We lost her words yes, the worlds she put on the page, but also her image: She was both a mirror and a map. She reflected our experience back to us and to the world: but also, projected her own.
Source: Toni Morrison was a mirror and a map for would-be writers
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