A HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICANS IN AMERICA
Black people consider themselves American, not because national status was conferred upon them gratuitously, but because they were here in the beginning
Black people consider themselves American, not because national status was conferred upon them gratuitously, but because they were here in the beginning
Pervasive police abuse of Black people, young Black males, especially, is being documented as never before. As a result, the nation is more aware of the problem; whether or not this results in sustainable change in policy and practice remains to be seen.
The institutionalization of racial difference codified white peoples’ refusal to grant Blacks such basic democratic rights as citizenship, access to the legal system and the right to vote.
We internalized the poison fruit of Willie Lynch’s dehumanizing methods for controlling Black slaves which remain in the collective Black psyche.
We must never minimize the fundamental importance of being unified especially since Blacks have not been unified on key social, political, economic and ethical issues for many years.
Those groups and individuals interested in improving educational outcomes for Black children should understand the devastating impact of the neglect and degradation Black students have always suffered, and often simply because of the way they speak.
Terrible de-humanizing injustices have been visited on Black people in the United States, but there is never a good reason to collaborate in one’s own destruction.
Actual change means developing new realities grounded in common values that benefit not only Black workers but the entire Black community.
he Twenty-First Century Foundation did not keep its pledge to honor the importance of on-going communication and transparency crucial for expanding core participants and supporters.
Dr. Smith’s fundamental argument is undocumented Latino immigration is detrimental to Blacks.
The Local Control Funding Formula is a California legislative initiative that enables school districts, rather than the state, to receive and allocate funds to those schools most in need.
Barriers to Black progress in the 1960s and 2017 are substantially the same but how those barriers are perceived differs significantly