People of the Lie – A book whose time has come
In a time like this, one thinks about the books, written long ago, that seemto have foretold this moment M ...
Rx for racism
Now that racism has come out of the closet, there is thequestion of how to approach it. As black folks, ...
We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
"Race makes itself known in crisis, in the singular event that captures a larger pattern of abuse and pain," writes ...
“They Can’t Kill Us All” – A Washington Post reporter on shootings of unarmed black men
"They Can’t Kill Us All; Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement By Wesley Lowery, Publisher: ...
We all need to read “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”
Michele Alexander is a lawyer, legal scholar, advocate and author who has written a comprehensive, well-researched examination of what is ...
We are reading…..”Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond”
There is an almost palpable level of fear rising in the minds of many Americans over the steady stream of ...
Between the world and Ta-Nehisi Coates – Every black mother should read…..
"Crazy"....is what people feel when their reality doesn't match that of the masses. "Crazy" is what many black folks have ...