Race Archives - Page 2 of 19

African American Lives, Black Lives, Black Lives Matter, BLM, African American Communities, Vickie Lee Jones, Maurice E. Stallard, Dominiic Rozier, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Man who challenged Kroger shooting suspect says ‘I cherish every day’ | Courier Journal "Nowhere is safe, so that now just leaves me with always keeping my head on a swivel,"

November 5, 2018

“Nowhere is safe, so that now just leaves me with always keeping my head on a swivel,”

African American History, Black History, Southern Racism, Birmingham Dynamite Hill, Dynamite Hill, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Remembering Birmingham’s ‘Dynamite Hill’ Neighborhood | NPR Long before the Civil Rights marches of 1963 thrust Birmingham, Ala. into the national spotlight, black families along one residential street were steadily chipping away at Jim Crow segregation laws — and paying a price for it.

November 1, 2018

Long before the Civil Rights marches of 1963 thrust Birmingham, Ala. into the national spotlight, black families along one residential street were steadily chipping away at Jim Crow segregation laws — and paying a price for it.

Religion of Whiteness, Racism, Race Relations, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue

The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult | The New York Times A wounded and swaggering identity geopolitics puts the world in grave danger.

August 31, 2018

A wounded and swaggering identity geopolitics puts the world in grave danger.

African American History, Black History, African American Veteran, Black Veteran, African American Military, John E. James Jr., KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KINDRD

At 98, the Army Just Made Him an Officer: A Tale of Racial Bias in World War II | The New York Times “Decades have gone by and there hadn’t been a measure of basic fairness, of basic justice that was brought to bear,”... “We owe him this commission.”

July 6, 2018July 9, 2018

“Decades have gone by and there hadn’t been a measure of basic fairness, of basic justice that was brought to bear,”… “We owe him this commission.”

Timothy Coggins, Racism, Race Relations, Civil Rights, African American Community, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

He Was ‘Socializing’ With a White Woman—Then Ended Up Dead | Daily Beast In 1983, Timothy Coggins was found dead and disfigured after being dragged behind a truck and fatally stabbed more than 30 times. One of his accused killers was convicted Tuesday.

June 28, 2018

In 1983, Timothy Coggins was found dead and disfigured after being dragged behind a truck and fatally stabbed more than 30 times. One of his accused killers was convicted Tuesday.

Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Racism, Racists, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

Library Group Removes ‘Little House’ Author’s Name From Award For Racist Themes | Colorlines The Association for Library Service to Children renamed the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in response to long-standing complaints about her books’ treatment of Indigenous and Black people.

June 27, 2018

The Association for Library Service to Children renamed the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in response to long-standing complaints about her books’ treatment of Indigenous and Black people.