Democracy Now MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012 In 1965, Booker Wright, an African-American waiter in Greenwood, Mississippi, dared to be interviewed by NBC about racism in America, a decision that forever changed his and his family’s lives. Wright said during the interview, “I always learned to smile. The meaner the man be, the more you smile. [...]
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by Linn Washington, Jr. Mass Black incarceration is a kind of “punitive backlash” against the gains of the Sixties, and only a “a major social movement” can challenge it. Nowhere on the planet is mass imprisonment more entrenched than in the United States. “The U.S. imprisons more than South Africa did under apartheid.” At every [...] COINTELPRO may not be a well-understood acronym but its meaning and continuing impact are absolutely central to understanding the government’s wars and repression against progressive movements. COINTELPRO represents the state’s strategy to prevent movements and communities from overturning white supremacy and creating racial justice. COINTELPRO is both a formal program of the FBI and a [...] Raised in the Athens Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, Cle “Bone” Sloan was four years old when his father died, and 12 when he became a member of the Bloods. Now an inactive member of the notorious gang, Sloan looks back at the history of black gangs in his city and makes a powerful call [...] A hundred years ago, in communities across the U.S., white residents forced thousands of black families to flee their homes. Even a century later, these towns remain almost entirely white. BANISHED tells the story of three of these communities and their black descendants, who return to learn their shocking histories. The Space Traders is the startling opening to the classic trilogy Cosmic Slop directed by Reginald Hudlin. In this compelling story a group of aliens visit the U.S. promising to solve all the country’s major problems in exchange for all people of African ascent. Can you guess what happens next? Fast forward to now, with [...] Black Brazilians learn from Biko By Alejandra Martins BBCMundo.com Steve Biko sought to set black South Africans free from oppression and he died for it. He probably never imagined that 30 years on, his message would be setting free the minds of young men and women thousands of kilometres away, in Brazil. The Steve Biko [...] |
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