Posts Tagged ‘anti-Black violence’
BuzzFeed Features Dr. Cameron and ABHM in “How to Survive a Lynching”
Lynching, in the American imagination, is considered to be solely the provenance of the Confederacy. But one particular souvenir photo, taken in Marion, Indiana, in 1930 has served as the most glaring visual reminder of the country’s decades-long spectacle of racism and public murder. The photo of the lynching of two Indiana teenagers would never grace the pages of the local paper. But that image is still everywhere. This article explains the background of the photo, what became of the sole survivor of that lynching, and the relevance of that event today.
Read MoreBaltimore cop spits in handcuffed black man’s face, then charges him with assault
By The Grio A Baltimore police officer has been suspended after video emerged showing him spitting in the face of a black man who he then charged with assault. The officer, Sergeant Robert Mesner, was placed on leave by interim chief Kevin Davis. In the video, Mesner can be seen following 31-year-old Alfred Evan after Evan had been…
Read MoreCause of Fire at Mount Zion AME Church Ruled ‘Natural’
Investigators in South Carolina said Thursday that a fire at a historic black church this week was most likely sparked by natural causes and that no criminal intent was found.
Read More85 years after infamous lynching, another noose stirs tension in Indiana town
Assistant fire chief Rick Backs has since been suspended by the Marion Fire Department; he released a statement apologizing for forming a noose during a knot-tying exercise at the station house Feb. 13.
Read MoreOle Miss Student Indicted For Hanging Noose Around Statue Honoring School’s First Black Enrollee
A federal grand jury indicted Graeme Phillip Harris, a student at the University of Mississippi on two separate civil rights charges on Friday for hanging a noose and a flag depicting a Confederate symbol around a campus statue honoring James Meredith, the first African-American student to attend the university.
Read More103-Year-Old Civil Rights Icon: ‘Thank God I Learned That Color Makes No Difference’
Amelia Boynton Robinson was nearly beaten to death in 1965 during the first march in Selma, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King Jr. She was 53 years old at the time. A graphic photo of Boynton Robinson, severely beaten and collapsed, spread around the world and became an iconic image of the civil rights era. “Thank god I learned that color makes no difference,” Boynton Robinson said Friday at a private luncheon at the Soho House in West Hollywood, California. “My parents [were] an example for what they wanted their children to be.”
Read MoreGraphic Design Company Receives Backlash After Naming New Product ‘The Hanging Tree’ and Using Noose Imagery
A new company has decided that naming its new graphic design set “The Hanging Tree” and using a noose in advertisements for its set of thematic photographic images isn’t offensive to anyone at all.
Read MoreNew York Mayor Details Talk with Biracial Son on Dealing with Police
Even well-to-do parents of Black children understand the threat represented by the police against their kids.
Read MoreDaniel Pantaleo’s ‘Apology’ to Eric Garner’s Family Was Just Plain Sorry
White police continue to demonize the Black men they refuse to see as human–and who face violence because of it.
Read MoreNAACP and Family Lawyers Are Looking Into Lennon Lacy’s Hanging Death
The NAACP is examining the investigation into Lennon Lacy’s death, which authorities ruled a suicide despite conflicting evidence.
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