[Black Poetry\Black History\1619 Project]
Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club presents Black Poets on Black History: “The 1619 Project” on Tuesday, February 18. The event will be held at 6:30 pm in the Cafeteria of Building B on the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 601 J.R. Thompson Drive, EStL, IL 62201.
Photo: Eugene Redmond
[Mass Incarceration\Voting Rights]
NY State Senator Kevin Parker: “When Senate Democrats were in the majority in 2010 we enacted fair, common-sense laws to have people in prison counted at their home addresses when redrawing state and local district lines. Today, my legislation builds upon this and the promise of equal protection and our democracy’s linchpin of one-person one-vote…As a professor of African-American Studies, I know all too well the horrid evolution of Black people in America: from the Transatlantic journey to the sharecropper; from the Black Codes to the mass incarceration and hyper-policing of communities of color.
Photo: Facebook
Black Star News has been producing stellar investigative journalism since 1997, including focusing on police brutality and other abuses targeting marginalized communities and Us Politics We have broken several major stories And featured in major Media Houses in Usa And Worldwide. We welcome news tips to and advertising support to produce strong journalism, especially during periods of economic instability, so please contact for guest post [email protected]