Posts Tagged ‘Texas’
Lige Daniels
On August 3, 1920, the body of Lige Daniels, an African-American teenager, hung in the main square of Center, a small town near the border between Texas and Louisiana. The image of Lige on the cover of a lynching pictorial, Without Sanctuary, has received world-wide notoriety since first published by two white Atlantans, James Allen and John Littlefield. These lynching photographs were often made into postcards and sold as souvenirs to the crowds in attendance.
Read MoreGrand Jury Declines to Indict Cop Who Slammed Teen Girl to Ground
A grand jury declined to indict a white McKinney, Texas, policeman who slammed a teenage girl to the ground at a pool party. A bystander’s video showed the officer aggressively tossing the 15-year-old black girl to the ground before pinning her with his knees. Casebolt also pulled his gun on two other youths who came running to help the girl.
Read MoreOfficials in Texas Grapple With Police Decision to Use Taser on City Council Member
Officials in a small Texas town are questioning a decision by the police to use a Taser on a member of the City Council before charging him with resisting arrest.
Read MoreTexas officials: Schools should teach that slavery was ‘side issue’ to Civil War
Five million public school students in Texas will begin using new social studies textbooks this fall based on state academic standards that barely address racial segregation.
Read MoreTexas teacher’s Facebook rant about McKinney pool party gets her ‘relieved of her duties’: report
Karen Fitzgibbons lost her job after a Facebook post that said blacks are “causing the problems” and advocated racial segregation.
Read MoreCalls Mount For The Firing Of Texas Officer Who Crashed Pool Party, Pulled Gun On Teens
A rally is planned for Monday in the Dallas-area city of McKinney calling for the firing of the police officer seen in a viral video throwing a bathing suit-clad teenage girl to the ground and pointing his pistol at other youths at a pool party.
Read MoreTexas county unwittingly votes in favour of reparations for African Americans
Some Dallas county commissioners were surprised to realized they voted for reparations after failing to read a full bill,
Read MoreBlack Men Arrested for Escorting White Teen
A young dancer’s dream to train under an expert turned to nightmare when her escort, a family friend, was arrested and she taken to CPS.
Read MoreHolder Wants Texas to Clear Voting Changes With the U.S.
The attorney general hopes to combat voter disenfranchisement by making it harder for Texas to change voting laws.
Read MoreEmpty chair ‘lynchings’: Anti-Obama protests gone too far?
Some Americans who oppose Barack Obama have resorted to racist imagery that evokes violence in their protests.
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