the new jim crow

Reparations for Descendants of the Slave Trade Emerges as Democrats’ Campaign Platform

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent April 11, 2019

“In this context, new organizations such as ADOS (American Descendants of Slavery) also emerged and certainly contributed to the visibility of the debate on reparations,” Dr. Araujo said. “Unlike previous movements, ADOS gained more visibility through the presence of its founders on social media that helped disseminating the #ADOS hashtag,” said Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo, who authored the groundbreaking 2017 book, “Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History.”

Movies

Justice on Trial Film Festival to Feature 12 Social Justice Films, Guest Appearances from Jennifer Siebel Newsom, David Arquette, Authors Asha Bandele & Donna Hylton

Sentinel News ServiceSeptember 13, 2018

“Building Justice,” a film by Ultan Guilfoyle about architect Frank Gehry’s work with students studying the inhumanity of prison design, and “The Real Background Check,” an animated short by ANWOL co-director Tiffany Johnson, will also make their debuts at the film festival.

Opinion

REVISITING MICHELLE ALEXANDER’S THE NEW JIM CROW

Larry Aubry March 29, 2018

Michelle Alexander’s seminal effort, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” (2010) captured the nation’s attention. Continuing media coverage and public discourse beyond prison walls, particularly in the Black community, attested to the book’s wide appeal and Alexander is hailed, like no other, for illuminating the devastating impact of mass incarceration.

Larry Aubry Opinion

IMPACT OF THE NEW JIM CROW IS CAUSE FOR ALARM

Larry AubryJuly 13, 2016

Print, social and electronic media were saturated with stories of police killing Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Philando Castile in Minnesota and the five police officers killed in Dallas by a lone Black man. Will these killings help alleviate America’s race-based violence and trigger long-range action to reduce the problem?