Archive for August 2012
Inheriting Home: The Skeletons in Pa’s Closet
With its store of family memories, Arkansas defines home for me. But embracing and claiming it as my own is prickly business. “Home” has closets of skeletons that are anything but comforting: the Lost Cause, Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan, lynchings.
Read MoreSuicide ruling doesn’t end questions in Ark. case
The family of an Arkansas man who died while in police custody has questions about the details of his life.
Read MoreHow Well You Sleep May Hinge on Race
Research shows how Black Americans get less and poorer quality sleep than white Americans, and racism may play a role.
Read MoreChavis Carter ‘Suicide’ Reenactment Video Released By Jonesboro Police
Arkansas police maintain that a Black man in their custody shot and killed himself and have released a reenactment video as proof.
Read MoreJestina Clayton Wins Battle Against Utah Over Hair Braiding
One woman wins her case against the state of Utah and will be able to continue supplementing her income by braiding hair without a license.
Read MoreHateful Speech
This exhibit is comprised of the personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity, and shouting that ABHvM receives in the Comments sections of exhibits.
Read MoreRacial Profiling Rife at Airport, U.S. Officers Say
Anti-terrorism efforts in airports have devolved into racial profiling according to officers familiar with the protocols.
Read MoreHistoric Sites and Black Self-Worth
A new partnership will present exhibits that shed light on the often-hidden history of Black Americans.
Read MoreWater Damage
Research shows that Black and Hispanic children are less likely to know how to swim than their white counterparts.
Read MoreJohn Carter: A Scapegoat for Anger
In 1927, a frenzied white mob in Little Rock, Arkansas, was focused on revenge. A little white girl had been murdered and they wanted to lynch whoever did it. When they grabbed a black man, they knew he wasn’t the killer. Still, they thought he’d done something else that made them mad. John Carter was their scapegoat: he paid the price for something he didn’t do.
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