What Life Was Like In South Africa During Apartheid. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — My mother was furious.
The operators of the gas station in rural, racist South Africa had taken her money to fill the car, but would not give her the key to the toilets. Books About Racism to Educate Yourself and Support Black Lives. Temi Oyeyola As of June 2, the two top-selling books on Amazon are books that confront racism in the United States.
There is a hunger for eye-opening books about race—but where to start? In a list shared exclusively with OprahMag.com, award-winning poet Claudia Rankine offered the books and articles she recommended we read—or reread—to comprehend and process the grief and unrest we are experiencing, nationwide, following the killing of George Floyd. AFAM 162 - Lecture 1 - Dawn of Freedom. Chapter 1.
Frederick Douglass’ Speech, Delivered to Abolitionist Friends in 1852 [00:00:00] Professor Jonathan Holloway: “Fellow citizens, pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence? 9 Best Angela Davis Books on Feminism, Prison Reform, and More. 13TH TOPICAL RESEARCH GUIDE 2019 1. Film Discussion Guide 13th. 13th Film Discussion Guide By Amy Williams. The New Jim Crow - Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander.
Film Discussion Guide 13th. What We Know About the Shooting of Jacob Blake. Episode 1 - Uncomfortable Conversations. What's wrong with saying "all lives matter"? How Can We Win Kimberly Jones Video Full Length David Jones Media Clean Edit #BLM 2020 What Can I Do. Jim Crow Laws: Definition, Facts & Timeline. Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
Named after a Black minstrel show character, the laws—which existed for about 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until 1968—were meant to marginalize African Americans by denying them the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities. Those who attempted to defy Jim Crow laws often faced arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence and death. Black Codes The roots of Jim Crow laws began as early as 1865, immediately following the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. Black codes were strict local and state laws that detailed when, where and how formerly enslaved people could work, and for how much compensation.
The legal system was stacked against Black citizens, with former Confederate soldiers working as police and judges, making it difficult for African Americans to win court cases and ensuring they were subject to Black codes. Tobe Nwigwe Never Planned to Go Viral. Then He Rapped About Breonna Taylor. HOUSTON — Tobe Nwigwe has spent five years as an independent rapper and singer on the Houston scene, building an audience — including fans like Erykah Badu and Michelle Obama — with weekly song drops that unfailingly arrive with a brand-new video.
His plan has always been consistency, not virality. But sudden, unexpected fame arrived last month after he released a track that called attention to the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Kamala Harris: How immigrant parents shaped her life. Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device.
In the three weeks since she launched her presidential campaign, Kamala Harris has quoted one figure more than any other: her mom. “My mother used to say, don’t sit around and complain about things, do something,” Harris told 20,000 supporters at her kick-off rally in Oakland. She would also tell a young Harris that “you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last,” the California senator said at events in Iowa and South Carolina. The story of Harris’ parents — immigrant academics from very different parts of the world chasing their American Dream to the Bay Area — has become a key part of her message as she introduces herself to the country.
What Black Lives Matter and the Global Sustainable Development Goals Have in Common - then and now.... Standing with Black Lives Matter - Resources from TeachingBooks. June 2020 Special Edition With this special edition we focus on amplifying Black voices and African American experiences through literary words and artistic expressions in children's and young adult books.
As author Kwame Alexander said at last week's KidLit Rally for Black Lives: "There is a knee on the neck of Black America. " Today and every day, TeachingBooks stands in solidarity with Black Americans who face prejudice, injustice, violence, and even death. WORLD WIDE CELEBRATION. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. 50th Anniversary of the Human Rights Covenants.