Service Seeks Reconciliation Over 1916 Lynching

Hundreds gathered in a small town church in Abbeville, South Carolina, known as the the birthplace of the Confederacy. Descendants of Anthony Crawford and descendants of his lynchers joined in a service of apology, forgiveness and reconciliation for that lynching and other racial injustices that took place there nearly a century ago.

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‘The Snowy Day’: Children’s Book With Black Protagonist is Focus of Exhibit

By Joann Loviglio, Associated Press, TheGrio PHILADELPHIA (AP) — During the height of the civil rights movement, a gentle book about a black boy in a red snowsuit crunch-crunch-crunching through the snow broke down racial barriers and now is the subject of an upcoming exhibit. Ezra Jack Keats’ beloved 1962 book, “The Snowy Day,” is credited…

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No Déja Vu to Everyone

George Zimmerman

Jerrianne Hayslett examines the similarities between two high-profile trials in which the defendants were men of color.

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