Posts Tagged ‘anti-Black violence’
103-Year-Old Civil Rights Icon: ‘Thank God I Learned That Color Makes No Difference’
Amelia Boynton Robinson was nearly beaten to death in 1965 during the first march in Selma, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King Jr. She was 53 years old at the time. A graphic photo of Boynton Robinson, severely beaten and collapsed, spread around the world and became an iconic image of the civil rights era. “Thank god I learned that color makes no difference,” Boynton Robinson said Friday at a private luncheon at the Soho House in West Hollywood, California. “My parents [were] an example for what they wanted their children to be.”
Read MoreGraphic Design Company Receives Backlash After Naming New Product ‘The Hanging Tree’ and Using Noose Imagery
A new company has decided that naming its new graphic design set “The Hanging Tree” and using a noose in advertisements for its set of thematic photographic images isn’t offensive to anyone at all.
Read MoreNew York Mayor Details Talk with Biracial Son on Dealing with Police
Even well-to-do parents of Black children understand the threat represented by the police against their kids.
Read MoreDaniel Pantaleo’s ‘Apology’ to Eric Garner’s Family Was Just Plain Sorry
White police continue to demonize the Black men they refuse to see as human–and who face violence because of it.
Read MoreNAACP and Family Lawyers Are Looking Into Lennon Lacy’s Hanging Death
The NAACP is examining the investigation into Lennon Lacy’s death, which authorities ruled a suicide despite conflicting evidence.
Read MoreFrom Slavery to Ferguson: America’s History of Violence Toward Blacks
English Prof. John Matteson teaches an 8-week course about the impact of the legacy of slavery on violence in law enforcement, race relations, and families.
Read MoreMost of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did
Hamden Rice writes about Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact his life has on Black Americans who lived in terror of white violence.
Read MoreGeorge Zimmerman: Violent Past and Future
Zimmerman recently dealt with police after pointing a gun at his pregnant girlfriend, but it isn’t his only violent action.
Read MoreHate Crime Punished With Execution
Harry Mitts Jr.’s execution evokes mixed feelings by the family of the two Black neighbors he killed in 1994.
Read MoreOprah: Trayvon Martin The ‘Same Thing’ As Emmett Till
The former talk show host and businesswoman compared the two Black teens who were killed after false accusations of crimes.
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