Posts by dr_fran
Medical Apartheid
Harriet Washington’s book examines the legacy of medical mistreatment against Black people in America, including kidnapped slaves.
Read MoreComing in April 2013: Jackie Robinson Biopic ’42’
Chadwick Boseman will step into the baseball cleats of Jackie Robinson as he takes on the role of the baseball great in a new biopic.
Read MoreToni Morrison Talks To Google About Creativity
Author Toni Morrison talked to Google staff about creativity and how she uses technology for her work.
Read MoreExactly How ‘Black’ Is Black America?
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines DNA databases to learn how Black the country’s Black residents really are… to surprising results.
Read MoreMore Black Men in Jail Than in College? Wrong
Ivory A. Toldson dispels a persistent myth about Black men that both perpetuates and is spread by racism.
Read MoreWhy the Onion’s Crappy Apology Is Worthless
The Onion set Twitter on fire with a message that some feel doesn’t go with the company’s reputation for comedy.
Read MoreA baby, the N word and a slap for Jonah Bennett
According to a child’s mother and at least one witness, a man on an airplane used a racial slur before slapping a nearby Black baby.
Read MoreRemembering Trayvon Martin on the First Anniversary of His Death
One year after a boy lost his life at the hands of a neighbor, we ponder senseless acts of violence against the Black community.
Read MoreHappy Birthday, ABHM!
America’s Black Holocaust Museum celebrates its first year as a successful virtual museum, revealing American history to an global audience.
Read MoreWhat Is The Black Holocaust?
The four hundred-year history of captured Africans and their descendants has many similarities with the Holocaust experiences of European Jews – and other victims of mass atrocities. This exhibit explains those similarities and the reasons that ABHM’s founder believed it important to use the term “holocaust” in its title.
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