“Black history matters to everyone – it’s a crucial part of our nations’ story.” Lonnie Bunch   One can tell a great deal about people, about a nation, by what it deems necessary enough to remember: what graces the walls of its galleries? What elements of a country’s identity are featured in its national museums? […]

Kalief Browder was an African American youth from the Bronx, New York. Browder was just 16 when he was picked up in 2010 for allegedly stealing a backpack and jailed at the notorious Rikers Island for what turned out to be three years, two of them in solitary confinement. This is just one of the […]

I came upon this article today, and it dumbfounded me. The title “A FEAR OF ‘WHITE EXTINCTION’ IS PROVOKING RACIAL BIAS AMONG AMERICAN WHITES.” New research finds that demographic shifts provoke such fears and prompt more robust support for conservative policy positions. TOM JACOBS – JUN 3, 2019-This article was written a year ago. As […]

Hi Diadel, When I was 9 years old, my family moved to a neighborhood in Chicago where we were the only Indian family. I’d experienced some verbal discrimination before this, but nothing that had ever made me question myself, my identity, or my self-worth. Things changed when we moved. I remember that day like it […]

EDITORIAL: A Letter to Friends Who Really Want to End Racism BY GOODBLACKNEWS ON MAY 28, 2020 by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Yesterday I posted a letter to friends on my personal Facebook page to help process my thoughts and feelings on what happened in Central Park with birder Christian Cooper and Amy Cooper and what happened to George Floyd, […]

When you experience emotional overwhelm, it can feel all-consuming. For the many people who will face this feeling at some point in their lives, it entails being completely overcome by intense and unruly emotion that something is too challenging to manage and overcome. When confronted with being overwhelmed, it can be challenging to think and […]

EDITORIAL: What I Said When My White Friend Asked for My Black Opinion on White Privilege BY GOODBLACKNEWS ON JULY 14, 2016 Read and learn. Here in this article, you will read how one white student wanted to ask black life opinions on white privilege. They share some examples of the conversation. Credit goes to […]

It is so important to educate yourself on Black lives. Here their voices speak out on the injustice in their lives and how it affects all of us. Here is another article I am sharing with you to read. Credit goes to Duck Of Minerva https://duckofminerva.com/2020/05/we-are-not-okay-and-you-shouldnt-be-either.html