On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stepped out a lunar lander onto the surface of the moon. The landscape in front of him, which was made up of stark blacks and grays, resembled what he later called “magnificent desolation.” Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-03-humans-mars.html…
Tag: Blacks
Our interview with 5-time NBA All-Star Chris Webber about his Sports Activism online course, new on Coursera
By Shantelle Williams-Valadié, BOLD ERG Chair and Associate Director, University Partnerships, Coursera In the 1968 Olympics, medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos punched defiant fists into the summer air, decrying oppression of Black communities in the country whose colors they wore on their tracksuits. The act seized the world of sports and was widely condemned […]
The post Our interview with 5-time…
White identity politics is about more than racism
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/26/18306125/white-identity-politics-trump-racism-ashley-jardina…
These High School Murals Depict an Ugly History. Should They Go?
The school board will decide if 13 Depression-era frescoes showing the life of George Washington should be destroyed.
2 Arrested in Vandalism of Slave Memorial at University of North Carolina
The memorial was defaced with racial slurs and urine. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/us/heirs-confederacy-unc-memorial.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
‘They Didn’t Burn Down Our Spirit’: Louisiana Black Churches Defiant Amid Fires
As the authorities investigated a series of blazes that destroyed three black churches, residents gathered Sunday with a mix of concern and defiance. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/us/louisiana-black-churches-fires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
‘Coronation Street,’ Beloved British Soap, Introduces Its First Black Family
The show, which has chronicled working-class British life since 1960, will introduce the Bailey family in June. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/arts/television/uk-coronation-street-black-family.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
3 Black Churches Have Burned in 10 Days in a Single Louisiana Parish
Officials said that they had found “suspicious elements” in each case and that “there is clearly something happening in this community.” Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/us/louisiana-black-church-fires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Review: ‘The Chi’ Returns to the South Side of Chicago
Lena Waithe’s neighborhood drama on Showtime didn’t get the awards-season attention it deserved for Season 1. The window may have closed. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/arts/television/the-chi-review-season-2.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Issa Rae Is Learning to Make Her Big Voice Heard
She talks about “Little,” her new film with Regina Hall and Marsai Martin; the future of “Insecure” — including a drinks- and pool-fueled discussion of its end — and a golden moment for black women. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/movies/issa-rae-insecure-future.html?partner=rss&emc=rss