Category: Racism

Has Racism Been Allowed to Fester to Avoid a Class War? — WILLIAM SPIVEY, MEDIUM America has had race problems since enslaved people were first brought to Florida in 1565. Spaniards first brought enslaved Africans to Saint Augustine that year. In 1619, the Portuguese landed in Jamestown, VA, selling captured Angolans to English colonists. There have […]

The forgotten “wade-ins” that transformed the US. — Ranjani Chakraborty and Melissa Hirsch, Vox When we think of the most iconic moments of the US civil rights movement, we might imagine bus boycotts, lunch counter sit-ins, or the March on Washington. Most of us don’t think of protests at beaches and pools. These were the “wade-ins” of the […]

When asked if he had a responsibility to understand the “anger and pain” felt by Black Americans, Trump said, “No, I don’t feel that at all,” according to Bob Woodward. — Janelle Griffith, NBC News President Donald Trump told the journalist Bob Woodward that he does not believe that because of his privileged upbringing he […]

By EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On August 23, 1989, 16-year-old Yusef Hawkins and three friends went to the predominately white Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, to inquire about a used car for sale. While walking through the neighborhood, the four Black boys encountered a group of thirty white youths gathered in the street. […]

By EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On August 21, 1865, mass violence against Black people by white people in Montgomery, Alabama, was first reported to the United States Congress by two local doctors. Almost 20 Black residents of Montgomery had been hospitalized or killed after being shot in the head, neck, or hand; “scalped”; […]

By Patricia Sullivan, The Washington Post The mayor of a small Virginia town was facing calls to step down Monday after a message on presidential politics that had racist and sexist overtones appeared on — and was deleted from — his social media account. The Facebook page of Luray, Va., Mayor Barry Presgraves posted a […]

By EJI Staff, EJI On August 4, 1964, following several weeks of national news coverage and an intensive search by federal authorities, the bodies of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman were found in Longdale, Mississippi. The three men, who went missing after being released from a local Mississippi jail, had […]

By William Spivey, Medium Most of what you’ve learned about slavery is wrong; some wishful thinking, some outright lies. The nation’s history books have conspired to create a myth that justifies heinous behavior, making heroes of the men that perpetuated it. When confronted with their past, those that believe they have something to lose, turn […]

By Derek Major, Black Enterprise After a Black woman claimed she was being harassed by her neighbors, a group of Black men have begun providing security overnight to ensure her safety. According to Blavity, Jennifer McLeggan moved into her Valley Stream, New York, home nearly three years ago and has been receiving threats from her white […]