Dont call me Murzyn: Black Women in Poland are powering the Campaign Against a Racial Slur!!! Like many Polish people of African descent, Sara Alexandre still remembers when she first realized she was seen as different. “For me it was kindergarten,” says Alexandre, whose father is Angolan, describing an incident when she was barred from Read More…
History
The Black Press
The Black Press is the vanguard of our history and guardian of our future. For decades, the Black press corps has been the vanguard of the Black community’s history and the guardian of our future. It has been one of the few institutions that has acknowledged our pain while making space for our promise. Read More…
AFT – AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
AFT to defend members punished for teaching “honest history” One of the nation’s largest teachers unions on Tuesday vowed to defend members who are punished for teaching an “honest history” of the United States, a measure that’s intended to counter the wave of states seeking to limit classroom discussion on race and discrimination. In a Read More…
Marion Militants: Six charged in Capitol riot
More than 500 arrests across the nation have come after the riot, which saw protestors break into the U.S. Capitol as legislators voted to certify Joe Biden’s presidential win. Many of the rioters were supporters of President Donald Trump. Five people died in the riot, including a Capitol Police officer who died after suffering a Read More…
Walter Francis White The Undercover Brother And The NAACP
Walter Francis White helped the NAACP document the truth about lynchings in America. The fact that he could pass as caucasian came in very handy. On a hot September day in 1919, Walter Francis White found himself running for his life. In the two days since he had been in Elaine, Arkansas, White had seen Read More…
How a student lost his college
How a student lost his college scholarship after he and his brother were held for 33 days without any charge Two Illinois brothers, who went on a celebratory trip to Florida with their father, ended up spending “33 long, miserable days” in jail without any charge after they were arrested on suspicion of committing armed Read More…








