The question that lingers in the back of America’s collective mind for sixty years has been, “Will racism fade away when old bigots die?” NPR decided to ask this question in their December 2016 callout. Among the one hundred plus responders, a...
Photo by Michael Avedon John Lewis wrote in his final essay in the New York Times to be published on the day of his funeral: So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide. Donna...
“And you thought “Taking A Knee” was too much!?!” tweeted the official handle of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAAC). Taking a knee became a worldwide symbol of Black Lives Matter protests. From a story by Stuti Mishra...
The United States has yet to tackle reparations for another glaring injustice: the enslavement of Africans. Though the U.S. apologized for slavery and segregation in 2009, it has never issued redress to the descendants of enslaved people. When it comes to slavery the...
Ella Baker. Joe Biden, prospective president of the United States, stepped to the podium to begin his acceptance speech. His very first sentence was: “Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement, left us with this wisdom: Give people light and they will find a...
Inflection point. George Floyd’s murder and the resultant widespread protests have been called an inflection point ― a significant turning point in our country’s history. Barack Obama, speaking of change, used the phrase when he said, “It depends on us, on the choices...
