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It’s Been Two Years Since George Floyd Was Murdered and Sparked a Wave of Protests. What’s Changed?

May 25, 2022

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Despite early wins for the Black Lives movement, we are still grappling with racist violence from the Buffalo shooter to a crusade against teaching the truth about America’s history.

Little Girls Are Busting Gender Norms in a Year That Hasn’t Been Super Kind to Women

November 2, 2016

By Fred McKissack Jr.

Photo credit: Aberdeen Proving Ground via Flickr Creative Commons Originally published on The Huffington Post.   In our Fort Wayne neighborhood, Halloween is a serious candy free-for-all. We bought 12…

White Supremacy Kills, No Matter Who Pulls the Trigger

September 23, 2016

By Wendi C. Thomas

Photo credits to Fuseboxradio. Originally published on The Undefeated. I want to watch the video of Terence Crutcher being killed by Tulsa, Oklahoma, police, because I want to see something…

Lack of Black Children’s Books Are Still a Problem

August 26, 2016

By Fred McKissack Jr.

Photo credits to Pettifoggist.  Originally published on The Undefeated. My mother and my father remember chatting with friends at a nondescript table at the 1989 American Library Association (ALA) annual…

Police Already Have Broad Powers to Detain Us; And the Supreme Court Gave Them Even More

July 17, 2016

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Photo credits: Tony Webster. Source: Flickr Creative Commons.  Originally published on Common Dreams.  I don’t want to end up like Alton Sterling. Or Philando Castile. Or Eric Garner. Or Freddie…

We Need to Rethink the Role of Police in Our Lives

July 14, 2016

By Wendi C. Thomas

Photo credits to B. C. Lorio. Originally posted on The Huffington Post.  It was only a matter of time before actor activist Jesse Williams‘ all-the-way woke speech on BET the last…

Black Lives Matter Movement and Opportunities Deprived Go Hand In Hand

March 8, 2016

By Fred McKissack Jr.

Originally published on Equal Voice.  What does it say about the value of Black lives when too many of those lives are in crumbling schools, drinking poisoned water, finding themselves…

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