Posts Tagged ‘anti-Black violence’
Maxwell Anderson gets life sentence for murder of Sade Robinson
Prosecutors asked for no possibility of parole for the man who murdered the young woman before spreading her remains across Milwaukee.
Read MoreWhy are Black women more likely to be murdered? Wisconsin bill would create task force.
The reintroduction of a bill to create a task force to investigate violence against Black women comes amid a high-profile Milwaukee case.
Read MoreDecades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice
A scholar of the arts looks into the significance of the nearly 80-year-old secular song, which is based on a poem.
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Read MoreTulsa mayor declares June 1 as Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day to honor history
Tulsa’s first Black mayor has taken steps to recognize the city’s racist history. Could reparations follow?
Read MoreNational Archives digitize cold cases of Black American murders
The names and stories of multiple Black Americans who faced racial violence will be known, thanks to investigative work by Axios.
Read MoreOn This Day in History, White Mob Wages Violence Against Black Voters
According to the Equal Justice Initiative, On Election Day, November 3, 1874, local white residents in Eufaula, Alabama, determined to regain political dominance in the county that they had lost during Reconstruction, used terror and intimidation to suppress Black votes, ultimately waging a violent, deadly massacre. As the 1874 election neared, white employers openly fired any…
Read MoreThe Kiss
Sara Rimer writes about how the lives of two Black boys were forever changed after a false accusation that led to their arrest and torture.
Read MoreBlack man details alleged beating at the hands of a white supremacist group in Boston
Charles Murrell III is suing a white supremacist group for damages and he claims they assaulted him in 2022.
Read MoreStephen Lawrence would have been 50 today. Is there still a chance to get justice for him?
A persistent journalist and the family of a young Black man murdered 31 years ago have pushed the Met to review the murder investigation.
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