Archive for November 2015
To Be Black Is To Never, Ever Feel Safe
Last Monday’s shooting in Minneapolis revealed a devastating truth about living while black.
Read MoreProtecting history: Meet MKE’s rare books librarian (and ABHM Board member)
Maria Cunningham is Milwaukee Public Library’s new Rare Books Librarian and a member of the Board of Directors of the Dr. James Cameron Legacy Foundation, which operates ABHM. She talks about her early fascination with rare books and what excites her about the job.
Read MoreINOVA Gallery Shows Work by Artist and ABHM Volunteer, Jenna Knapp
Jenna Knapp is an artist, activist, and ABHM volunteer. This article highlights her 2015 art exhibit at INOVA Gallery and shows some of her pieces in which she uses text, movement and video to probe the relationship between race and media representation.
Read MoreMore than 30 purported ‘White Student Unions’ pop up across the country
As of Tuesday morning, there are roughly 30 Facebook pages purporting to represent some form of a “White Students Union,” all of which were created within the past few days.
Read MoreFighting Poverty, Plagued by Violence: Why 10,000 Black Women in Brazil Marched for Their Rights
Black women from all over Brazil, of different backgrounds, education and socioeconomic status, came together to protest widespread inequality. BY KIRATIANA FREELON, The Root They were lawyers, feminists, Christians, transgender women, domestic workers, militants, favela dwellers, politicians, students and many more. Despite their differences in beliefs, education and income, on Wednesday they came together behind the…
Read MoreABHM’s Reggie Jackson Receives “Eliminating Racism Award”
The YWCA of Southeast Wisconsin presents ABHM Head Griot Reggie Jackson with its 2015 Eliminating Racism Award at its annual Evening to Promote Racial Justice. Included is Reggie’s bio and story of how he became involved in this work.
Read MoreWhite Americans long for the 1950s, when they didn’t face so much discrimination
In a new poll released by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) on Tuesday, a whopping 43 percent of Americans told researchers that discrimination against whites has become as large a problem as discrimination against blacks and other minority groups.
Read MoreCampus Racism Protests Didn’t Come Out Of Nowhere, And They Aren’t Going Away Quickly
Mizzou seems to have catalyzed years of tension over inequality and race. Tyler Kingkade, Lilly Workneh, Ryan Grenoble, The Huffington Post If there’s one thing University of Missouri senior Alanna Diggs thinks people are getting wrong about campus racism protests, it’s the assumption that they’re something new. The demonstrations at Mizzou this month…partly over how they handled…
Read MoreResidents of Poor Neighborhoods See More Than Their Share of Costly Municipal Citations
By Brendan O’Brien, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Johnny Ruffin reached into his wallet and pulled out $35…defiantly displaying most of the money he had to his name for anyone to see. About 10 minutes earlier, Ruffin explained his financial plight to a Milwaukee Municipal Court judge who had none of it, telling him that he…
Read MoreRacism Between the Goal Posts
New research finds black quarterbacks are benched far more often than their white counterparts.
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