Eddie Abrams took an
informal survey...and was
disturbed to find the majority was unaware of one of California's most
important monuments to black history: Allensworth State Historic Park..., the site of a pioneer settlement that was
governed, financed and operated by African Americans at the turn of the
last century. Read more at InsideBayArea.com
This article briefly contextualizes New Orleans before and after Katrina....It addresses some of the struggles residents and social justice organizations were and are up against. In particular I focus on how racism hinders the work of social justice organizers, activists and volunteers in the relief and reconstruction effort... Read more at ZNet
Rainbow PUSH Coalition founder and President Rev. Jesse Jackson, in a September 7 letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, endorsed M2Z Networks' plan to provide free and family-friendly broadband Internet access across the country. Rev. Jackson urged the FCC to work quickly to make this a reality for all Americans.
A U.S. group of black and Hispanic churches is calling for the minister
husband of evangelist and gospel singer Juanita Bynum to be suspended
from the ministry because of allegations he beat his wife. Read more at International Herald Tribune
Founded as an instrument of social change in 1932 by Myles Horton, the
Tennessee-based Highlander Folk School was attended by the likes of
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael and many more
-- and also the launching pad for Civil Rights-era anthems like "We
Will Overcome." Read more at NewAmericaMedia.org
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