SPLC: Schools Named After Confederate Soldiers Should be Renamed
SPLC: “Enough is enough. Our children should not be hurt or forced to reckon with imagery that glorifies those who fought to keep Black people enslaved and uneducated.”…
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Armed Protests And The Dangers of Another U.S. Civil War
Koehler: "Several hundred mostly Black, mostly armed men and women marched through the iconic Confederate “theme park” that features an enormous carving of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson…
The Reckoning: Why Governor Andrew Cuomo Must Tear Down Columbus’ Statue
Columbus' statue--Hail to an enslaver. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is wrong by insisting that Christopher Columbus' statue remain on 59th street in Manhattan and…
Book Excerpt #2: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
Benjamin: "The police 'Slave Patrol' system was created to protect the profits of these slaveholders who feared slave uprisings would economically disrupt their 'peculiar institution.” Photo: YouTube This…
Honoring Charlottesville Victims by Rejecting White Supremacy and Trump’s Racism
Trump. No! There aren't decent people on the racists' side. These are trying times to be an American. Two years ago today, in the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia,…
Profiles in Courage (South Carolina edition)
During Wednesday’s highly controversial, contentious, and emotional debate in the South Carolina House of Representatives about whether to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state…