Rachel Aviv | October 1, 2018 Issue | The Newyorker A statewide network of schools for disabled students has trapped black children in neglect and isolation. Seth Murrell, a four-year-old boy with dreadlocks to his chin, moved with his family to Atlanta in the fall of 2015. On his first day at his new preschool, he cried the whole morning. He wouldn’t sit still in his … [Read more...] about Georgia’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System
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Which US presidents actually tried to benefit Native Americans? Here’s what history says
Edward Mair | August 31, 2017 | The Conversation The US president, Donald Trump, spoke in June to a delegation of tribal leaders at the White House, claiming that: “Infringements on tribal sovereignty are deeply unfair to Native Americans and Native American communities.” His sincerity was hard to believe. From his support of the Dakota Access Pipeline to his … [Read more...] about Which US presidents actually tried to benefit Native Americans? Here’s what history says
Life in Black & White: Poem of the Week – ‘The Death of Slavery’ by William Cullen Bryant
Annika Neklason | August 18, 2017 | The Atlantic Poem of the Week This year, in honor of National Poetry Month, we compiled some of the best poems published throughout The Atlantic’s 160-year history… and we didn’t want to stop. Come back every week to read another poem from our archives, and go here to check out our month of poetry recommendations from staff and readers. … [Read more...] about Life in Black & White: Poem of the Week – ‘The Death of Slavery’ by William Cullen Bryant
LIFE iN BLACK AND WHITE (Life iN BAW): There Is No Justice In America For Black People Killed By Cops
Julia Craven | 06/16/2017 | The Huffington Post “The system continues to fail black people.” ERIC MILLER / REUTERS Valerie Castile looks at a photo button of her son Philando during a press conference on the state Capitol grounds in Saint Paul, Minnesota, July 12, 2016. It’s happening again. I have to write about Philando Castile, the … [Read more...] about LIFE iN BLACK AND WHITE (Life iN BAW): There Is No Justice In America For Black People Killed By Cops
Life in Black and White (Life in BaW): The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas
ALEX PUTTERMAN | JUN 4, 2017 | THE ATLANTIC The Atlanta Braves executive became the first black man to run a Major League Baseball team—but few have followed in his footsteps in the last 40 years. On September 19, 1976, the Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner promoted a man named Bill Lucas to vice president of player personnel. Though Turner, somewhat oddly, kept the … [Read more...] about Life in Black and White (Life in BaW): The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas
Black and Proud. Even if Strangers Can’t Tell.
REBECCA CARROLL | APRIL 1, 2017 | THE NEW YORK TIMES My 11-year-old is understated, but not shy. He likes to bake, loves video games, is loyal to his friends and, biased as I may be, is a pretty good-looking kid. He gets mad sometimes, though, that people don’t immediately register him as black. “You’re so lucky,” he said to me a few months ago. “People look at you … [Read more...] about Black and Proud. Even if Strangers Can’t Tell.
HOW AMERICA BECAME A COLONIAL LEADER IN ITS OWN CITIES
CHRIS HAYES | MARCH 2017 | VANITY FAIR Despite increased African-American political power, being black seems as dangerous as ever. In an adaptation from Chris Hayes’s new book, the author, and MSNBC host, examines the system that drives police killings—and its consequences for everyone. What most endures about Richard Nixon’s 1968 speech to the Republican convention … [Read more...] about HOW AMERICA BECAME A COLONIAL LEADER IN ITS OWN CITIES
A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Save Georgetown
Rachel L. Swarns | MARCH 12, 2017 | THE NEW YORK TIMES He was an enslaved teenager on a Jesuit plantation in Maryland on the night that the stars fell. It was November 1833, and meteor showers set the sky ablaze. His name was Frank Campbell. He would hold tight to that memory for decades, even when he was an old man living hundreds of miles away from his birthplace. … [Read more...] about A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Save Georgetown
Stop Beating Black Children
STACEY PATTON | MARCH 10, 2017 | THE NEW YORK TIMES “This is gonna hurt me more than it hurts you.” My black, middle-class adoptive mother often grumbled these words as she prepared to whup me for getting dirty, mouthing off, rolling my eyes, telling lies or any number of other childhood misbehaviors. I still see myself standing naked in the living room of our … [Read more...] about Stop Beating Black Children
This Stunningly Racist French Novel Is How Steve Bannon Explains The World
Paul Blumenthal , JM Rieger | 03/04/2017 | The Huffington Post “The Camp of the Saints” tells a grotesque tale about a migrant invasion to destroy Western civilization. Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist and the driving force behind the administration’s controversial ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, has a favorite metaphor … [Read more...] about This Stunningly Racist French Novel Is How Steve Bannon Explains The World