California’s Reparations Task Force: An Unapologetic Call for Racial Justice

California’s Reparations Task Force: An Unapologetic Call for Racial Justice

by | Dec 2, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics

In 2020 California Secretary of State Shirley Weber put forward California Assembly Bill 3121. The bill’s passage established the first-in-a-nation task force to study reparations. Reparations seek to right the wrongs of the past, ensure that our children are not victims of the same injustices we have suffered, and heal as a nation.

What is Moore v Harper and Why Should We Care?

What is Moore v Harper and Why Should We Care?

by | Jul 17, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics

Introduction The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major victory of the Civil Rights era. In the last decade, though the Voting Rights Act has been severely weakened. Now a new challenge has emerged. In October 2022, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could once...
Black Migration, the “Red Summer,” and the “Red Scare” of 1919

Black Migration, the “Red Summer,” and the “Red Scare” of 1919

by | Apr 3, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics

Black Activism and the Communist and Socialist Parties of the early Twentieth Century by Darius Spearman As new immigrants arrived from Eastern Europe during World War I, many African Americans found value in the insights and philosophies that these new arrivals...