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Legal, News

Attorney Flush a Black Man’s Defense Down the Drain with Lame “To Kill a Mockingbird” Reference

Alvin Ray Allen’s defense attorneys compared him to Tom Robinson, a character in the famous Harper Lee novel.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

November 26, 2023
Black Excellence, Culture

Marley Dias, 17, Leads Campaign to Diversify Assigned Books for Students

Dias created the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign to help students and educators diversify their literature choices.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

April 7, 2022
Black Excellence, Culture

Part 2: Books Black Harvard Students Read When They Were Children

If you’re looking for a gift for a special child this holiday, why not pick one of these classic reads!

By

Tatsha Robertson

Published

December 9, 2021
Education, News

Students Across the Country Are Advocating for Schools to Implement a Stronger Black History Curriculum

When it comes to Black history, the American education system has remained woefully underwhelming. Lessons about Black history are typically relegated exclusively to the month of February and only focus on Rosa Parks, MLK and maybe they’ll throw in the Ruby Bridges movie. The reckoning that arose from George Floyd’s death didn’t just affect adults,…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

April 8, 2021
Miss. School District Axes To Kill a Mockingbird Because It Made Some People ‘Uncomfortable’

As further evidence that the United States is descending into an authoritarian state, a school district in Mississippi has removed Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird from a junior high school reading list. Biloxi, Miss., administrators pulled the novel from the eighth-grade curriculum this week after getting complaints from parents. The decision made was an…

By

Angela Helm

Published

October 15, 2017