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The Case for Reparations – The Atlantic – Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.”
A Beach of Our Own | New York Times
A Beachfront Haven for African American Families In the 1930s, bought plots for themselves in Sag Harbor, establishing a close-knit community that’s spanned multiple generations. Director – Joshua Kissi Director of Photography / Editor – Cameron Robert Assistant Director – … Continue reading
Malcolm X: The Defender of Human Rights
Visit our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Credits: Host – Simon Whistler Author – Shannon Quinn Producer – Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer – Shell Harris Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com Other Biographics Videos: Hans Massaquoi: Growing Up Black in Nazi … Continue reading
Meet the Bonds: What does it mean to be ‘Aboriginal middle class’?
Matt and Chelsea Bond are living the Australian Dream, a house in the suburbs, kids at great schools, but that doesn’t mean racism hasn’t impacted their lives. Produced by Suzanne Smith and Mayeta Clarke, Pictures by Greg Nelson. See more … Continue reading
‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?’: 168 Years Later, Descendants of Frederick Douglass Read His Speech | NPR
The U.S. celebrates this July 4 amid nationwide protests and calls for systemic reforms. We asked five young descendants of Frederick Douglass to read and respond to excerpts of his famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter – British Vogue magazine gets activism cover (UK) – BBC News – 5th August 2020
(Edits) into the British cover of Vogue magazine, marking activism in the magazine among 40 ‘faces of hope’ this year.
A true story of slavery and restitution in America
Caleb McDaniel’ book “Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America” won the 2020 Pulitzer history prize, recounting the story of former slave Henrietta Wood. Henrietta Wood was freed from slavery in 1848 only to … Continue reading
Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed | BBC News
A major DNA study has shed new light on the fate of millions of Africans who were traded as slaves to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. More than 50,000 people took part in the study, which was … Continue reading
BONUS: The Kerner Commission : Planet Money
In 1967, President Johnson created a commission to investigate racial unrest in America. But, the answer they came up with was not the answer he was hoping for. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. Source: BONUS: The Kerner Commission … Continue reading
