*The featured image is from the PBS Documentary, “Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies.” I am writing a series of articles about the use of […]
Tag: Civil Rights Movement
Marilyn Buck: Revolutionary, Poet, and Political Prisoner
Have you ever heard of Marilyn Buck? I hadn’t. I often ask myself: What does it mean to be a good ancestor? What actions can […]
Maya Angelou
Please take a moment to listen to her read her poem, “A Brave and Startling Truth.”
Kendrick Lamar, Fugitive Pedagogy and the Long History of Black Educators Subverting the System
On the largest stage in the world, as well as before the President of the United States, Kendrick Lamar spoke to Black America specifically and […]
We Were Never Playing the Same Game
The Trump administration has taken decisive steps to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government. The administration argues that DEI initiatives […]
The Evolution of the Republican Party
The Republican Party in the United States has undergone significant changes over the decades, reflecting shifts in political ideologies, demographics, and societal values. Many Republicans […]
COINTELPRO
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a covert and often illegal FBI program aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations considered subversive. It […]
What were Malcolm X’s contributions?
“Sometimes, I have a dared dream to myself that one day, history may even say that my voice–which disturbed the white man’s smugness, and his arrogance, and his complacency–that my voice helped to save America from a grave, possibly even a fatal catastrophe.”