Most recently, in Chatham County, a landmarker has been accepted by Karen Howard, the Board of Commissioners Chair for the county. The marker includes information about the lynching of at least six Black community members, specifically Jerry and Harriet Finch, John Pattishall, Lee Tyson, Henry Jones, and Eugene Daniel.
Read More“Derek Johnson asserted that Ahmaud Arbery’s story “shook the conscience of our nation and world.” Shake the world it did, as audiences watched in horror at the vicious confiscation of Arbery’s life by vigilantes disguised as neighbors. Buried within the pages of history are thousands of other Ahmaud Arberys; nameless victims of malicious assaults on humanity. Their deaths may not be digitized and ingrained in our minds like Ahamud’s, but their memories should nonetheless impel an upheaval of bigoted culture in America and the reconstruction of one less rooted in malevolency.”
Read More“Regardless, the Flores lawsuit underscores the presence of racial issues and race politics in this country. The suit may have greater implications for the country as the NFL garners enormous interest from the public.”
Read More“Time and time again, a self-described upstanding citizen yields to their implicit biases and perceives innocent Black and Brown Americans as threats and, emboldened by stand-your-ground philosophies, pursues and executes them; in turn, these laws jettison the central tenets of self-defense and instead reward aggression, bequeathing any citizen a license to kill anyone they deem a potential threat.”
Read More“In many parts of Southern Africa, people with albinism are harshly discriminated against, facing social ostracism and targeted abductions. However, the election of Overstone Kondowe to the National Assembly in Malawi marks a historic first as he is the first person with albinism to ever be elected.”
Read More“Fifty-three years further along the arc Dr. King envisioned for America, has our nation yet come to the bend that leads to justice? Or Are the gains of racial justice since 1968 largely nominal? Most important -- regardless of how far we’ve come -- is will we, Americans, harness today’s ambition for racial equality and take action to effectuate the aspirations of civil rights conceived since Reconstruction but which millions of Black American have yet to experience?”
Read More“Asheville was the only city in N.C. to enact budgetary changes in response to the Black Lives Matter protests, but the new bill would apply to all N.C. local governments. If the bill passes, any city or county that cuts more than 1% from their police budget will be penalized with reduced state funding.”
Read MoreThere is a new political agenda emanating from the streets and boroughs of America, defined by the pain and hope of Black Americans, and its advocates will not go quietly. As the nation comes to a boil, no less in the heat of the summer, thousands have resolved not to ask for change, but to make the change.
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