Deadly Force in Black and White
A ProPublica analysis of killings by police shows outsize risk for young black males. Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts – 21 times greater, according to a ProPublica analysis [...]
Another Mississippi Murder
(For Mike Brown, Lennon Lacy, Eric Garner, Renisha McBride, and so on, and so on ...) they kilt that boy lynched him just as sho' as my name is what it is they did it cause that's what they do in kokomo Mississippi [...]
Because They Could: The Fight to Save Oakman School
Across the country massive school closings and cutbacks have become a tradition. In 2006, the Detroit Public School (DPS) system first began shutter facilities, our children's learning centers. The details are many. Budgets. Billings. And oh, those large buildings. By [...]
Public Housing and Education: Government-Sponsored Segregation
When the early New Deal first constructed public housing in New York City and elsewhere, projects for blacks were built in existing ghettos or undeveloped areas where planners wanted to shift existing black neighborhoods. [1] But projects for whites were built in existing white [...]
Fixing Public Education
Fixing Public Education Published by Pepper Tree Fixing Public Education After three years of research and writing ten educators derive the ideal public (or private or charter) school curriculum. What does “Ideal” mean? The ideal school in FIXING PUBLIC EDUCATION is titled the [...]
A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement by Alicia Garza
I created #BlackLivesMatter with Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, two of my sisters, as a call to action for Black people after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was post-humously placed on trial for his own murder and the killer, George Zimmerman, was not held accountable for the [...]
Let’s Talk About the Pressure to Be the “Right” Kind of Black Girl
I spent a good portion of my life trying to be better than the best. I was always the first to jump at an extra assignment or task, to show everyone that I was capable. But for what? Why? It was late at [...]
50th Bridge Crossing Jubilee — Selma
Welcome to 50th Bridge Crossing Jubilee — Selma. Here you will find historical facts, pictures, information on all upcoming events, and much more. Each year the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute in conjunction with 21st Century Youth Leadership [...]