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School Closures: A New Version of Separate and Unequal
Saturday marked the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, which struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. Long after this landmark civil rights victory was won in the courts, however, communities of color have continued the struggle to realize an equal education for their children. From…
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The Root Interview With NAACP's New President Cornell William Brooks
The NAACP, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, has named Cornell William Brooks its 18th president and chief executive officer. The New Jersey-based civil rights lawyer, human rights activist and ordained minister, replaces interim leader Lorraine C. Miller, who filled the vacancy created by Benjamin Jealous’ departure at the end of 2013. “With…
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How the Black Press Covered Brown v. Board of Education
The ruling now universally known as Brown v. Board of Education was hailed in the black press of the day as the most significant event in the freedom struggle since the Emancipation Proclamation. It was essentially a do-over, providing an opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court to set right what it got wrong in 1896…
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Benghazi Panel: A Path to President Obama’s Impeachment?
The News: House Republicans are expected to vote Thursday to impanel a special committee to investigate the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including the ambassador to Libya. Republicans would hold seven seats on the committee, and Democrats would be allowed five members. The imbalance on the panel is…
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Millions Changed Their Race on the 2010 Census
Many Hispanics Don’t Claim a Race; Unusual Rise in Indians “Millions of Americans counted in the 2000 census changed their race or Hispanic-origin categories when they filled out their 2010 census forms, according to new research presented at the annual Population Association of America meeting last week,” D’Vera Cohn wrote Monday for the Pew Research…
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Donald Sterling Case Underscores Whiteness of Press
Why Wasn’t Owner’s History Given Greater Play Earlier? The saga of Donald Sterling’s racist remarks, which could cost him ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, put black commentators in the spotlight in a way rarely seen recently. At least two related the NBA owner’s situation to the low numbers of journalists of color or of…
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Black Success Can’t Change Warped Views Like Donald Sterling’s
Revelations of the Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s reportedly racist comments about African Americans shine light on contemporary race relations, where, frequently, the truth is only said behind closed doors. Sterling’s alleged remarks, about a female friend “associating with black people” was spurred by pictures that she posted to her Instagram account, posing with…
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NYPD’s Use of Social Media Becomes Public Relations Disaster
New York Police Outreach Becomes PR Disaster “An exercise in social media outreach turned #epicfail Tuesday when users flooded the Twittersphere with some of the NYPD’s most infamous moments of brutality, the Daily News in New York reported. “The NYPD, through its Twitter page, innocuously asked people on to post pictures of themselves interacting with New…
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Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick Criticizes Federal Shutdown of Black FM Station
Unhappy Mass. Governor Defends “Important Voice” Federal agents shut down an unlicensed radio station in Boston Thursday, sending “shockwaves through Boston’s African-American community, where the station filled a vacuum on the airwaves after the station WILD-AM was sold,” Meghan E. Irons reported Friday for the Boston Globe. Gov. Deval Patrick sharply criticized federal agents for the…
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NYPD Disbands Muslim-Spying Unit
NYPD Disbands Muslim-Tracking Unit Exposed by AP “A special New York Police Department unit that sparked controversy by tracking the daily lives of Muslims in an effort to detect terror threats has been disbanded, police officials said Tuesday,” Jake Pearson and Tom Hayes reported for the Associated Press. “NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis confirmed that detectives assigned to the unit had been…