For Black folks, reparations by the government is not a gift
It’s time for serious Black folks in this country to make it clear that when we advocate for reparations, it is not requesting some kind of gift from the federal
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It’s time for serious Black folks in this country to make it clear that when we advocate for reparations, it is not requesting some kind of gift from the federal
Somberly I undertake the writing of this article. It’s a report on the many veterans of WWI and WWII who faced persecutions and lynching while in service, and in uniform,
It's impossible to celebrate a national holiday that marks the emancipation of Black people in 1865, writes academic and author Kellie Carter Jackson, without considering the role of education in freedom, which the GOP continues to attack today.
Juneteenth celebrates the day news reached Texas that slavery had been abolished. From there began the struggle as Black Americans sought equality under the law.
It's impossible to celebrate a national holiday that marks the emancipation of Black people in 1865 without considering the role of education in freedom, which the GOP continues to attack today.