What is Anti-Black Politics?
Throughout the history of the United States, anti-Black politics has systematically limited African Americans in their ability to exercise power. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, lynchings, police brutality, racial segregation, and housing discrimination, are among many forms of racial inequality. This article looks at how power and racism combine into anti-Black politics. Understanding the politics of anti-Black racism is critical in assessing how best to harness the power to affect desired change.
Martin Luther King Sr. and the Making of a Movement
The Shaping of Michael Luther King Martin Luther King Sr. was born in Stockbridge, Georgia, on December 19, 1897. Born into poverty, he grew up as Michael King – a sharecropper’s son and the second of ten children. Born in an age of Jim Crow, economic...
History Of The Black Panther Party: Facing Police Brutality And Advocating Social Change
The History of the Black Panther Party in America is traced to the movement formed by two Black American revolutionaries in the latter part of the twentieth century known as the Black Panther Party. The activities of the black panthers were aimed at tackling the...
W.E.B. Du Bois vs. Booker T. Washington (Round 2)
Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois, Round 2 (Intoduction) Over a series of articles, I’ve explored how Black leaders sought a way forward after the failure of Reconstruction. W.E.B. Du Bois looked toward integration and Civil Rights as a means to achieve...
Booker T. Washington And W.E.B. Dubois (Round 1)
W.E.B. Dubois vs. Booker T. Washington (Round 1) Support African Elements via Patreon at patreon.com/africanelements *Ad-Free Videos for as little as $1/Month Subscription!!* After the failure of Reconstruction, African Americans in the post-Civil War era confronted...
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