Mehrsa Baradaran talking: so blacks came as a labor, but they were also capital. I mean they were owned and they were sort of liquid … The Color of MoneyRead more
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W.E.B. Du Bois’s Historic U.N. Petition Continues to Inspire Human Rights Advocacy
Seventy years ago this week, the oldest civil rights organization in the world, the NAACP, submitted a petition to the newly established United Nations demanding … W.E.B. Du Bois’s Historic U.N. Petition Continues to Inspire Human Rights AdvocacyRead more
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4-Year-Old Consoling Mother After Police Shooting
In Minnesota, new video shows the 4-year-old daughter of Diamond Reynolds consoling her heartbroken mother, who is handcuffed in the back of a police squad … 4-Year-Old Consoling Mother After Police ShootingRead more
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Without Investment, People of Color Never Will Be Able to Catch Up
Janine Jackson: The lead of the Washington Post story reads: The incomes of middle-class Americans rose last year to the highest level ever recorded by … Without Investment, People of Color Never Will Be Able to Catch UpRead more
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Racial segregation and Southern lynching
A growing body of empirical evidence documents important impacts of ethnic diversity and ethnic conflict on both economic and social outcomes. In the US context, … Racial segregation and Southern lynchingRead more
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FBI Targets “Black Identity Extremists”
a leaked FBI counterterrorism memo which claims so-called black identity extremists pose a threat to law enforcement. That’s according to Foreign Policy magazine, which obtained … FBI Targets “Black Identity Extremists”Read more
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Growth of inequality within racial minorities
A September 2017 report published by the Federal Reserve shows that social inequality in the US has grown to record levels over the last decade. … Growth of inequality within racial minoritiesRead more
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Policing the Black Man
For several years in my UCLA class on “Race, Racism, and the Law,” many African-American (and Latino) students have discussed their harassment at the hands … Policing the Black ManRead more
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In 1898, White Supremacists Killed 60+ African Americans
Bishop William Barber talking: First of all, deep, deep sadness. I had a member of my staff at Repairers who had someone that was actually … In 1898, White Supremacists Killed 60+ African AmericansRead more
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Good Blacks, Bad Blacks
White America, for the most part, makes a critical distinction between “good” and “bad” Black Americans – and a related distinction between “good” and “bad” … Good Blacks, Bad BlacksRead more