Civil Rights & Social Justice - Page 8
Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium has been on a mission to channel resources to underfunded organizations empowering communities across 13 Southern states.
The nation's first Black sorority made a splash at its 72nd Boule by inducting six luminaries in immunology, theatre, film, technology, and business.
Nolan Wells’ mother, Christine Wonsley, refuses to remain silent, taking to Facebook with a bold message for the incognito sender.
When organizations across the South invest in the well-being of Black girls and women, they are not handing out a luxury. They are protecting a community’s capacity to keep showing up.
On what would have been Assata Shakur’s 79th birthday, the Assata Shakur Memorial Committee launches a new digital archive to honor the legendary freedom fighter.
If you are a horse lover, today may be your lucky day. July 15 is recognized as I Love Horses Day and celebrates horses as companions.
Black women are the most undervalued people in the United States. Damn near every awful statistic has a disproportionate impact on Black women. From maternal mortality rates, domestic violence, and yes, police violence.
Tiara Young recorded a cellphone video, in which she alleges an officer kneed her in the eye and ripped out some of her braids.
Black parents will never have the pleasure of parenting only for our children’s joy and progress. We must also parent for their survival
Nolan Wells' tragic death joins a long list of Black youth whose untimely demises have raised urgent questions about justice.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a viral photo of a lone Black woman surrounded by members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front, while riding on a Metro train in Washington, D.C., captures the full regressive and divisive scope of America's current zeitgeist.
A Mississippi police officer has shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Kartier Wiley during an alleged shoplifting incident.