NAACP's new campaign, new W.E.B. Du Bois doc, 'white grievance reparations fund'
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What I’m Reading
A racist streamer shot a Black man in Tennessee. Viewers rewarded him handsomely, MS NOW
My former HuffPost colleague Christopher Mathias reported on the rise of one of the internet’s most dangerous characters, Dalton Eatherly — known as “Chud the Builder” to his online fans — and how his net worth skyrocketed after his supporters rewarded him following being charged with attempted murder after a recent shooting. Here’s the latest in his case.
Democracy is a racial entitlement now, The Atlantic
The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer writes that the weakening of the Voting Rights Act represents an “evolution of Jim Crow–era disenfranchisement, the purpose of which is to shape the electorate into one where inequalities” can be “maintained with a veneer of democratic consent.”
The Black American artists who dazzled post-war Paris, Hyperallergic
Daria Simone Harper visited “Paris in Black: Internationalism and the Black Renaissance” at the DuSable Black History Museum, which celebrated Black painters, writers, and performers who left their mark on the city in their pursuit of freedom.
Watch “W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause,” the new American Masters documentary on the life and legacy of Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois.
What’s In The News
Across America
Delaware: Delaware State University is celebrating the largest graduating class in the HBCU’s 135-year history…
District of Columbia: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is planning to go after the parents of the children participating in the so-called “teen takeovers”...
Florida: Raisa Habersham spoke to South Florida women who got away from their abusers in the wake of Black women who were killed by their partners…
Georgia: Morris Brown College celebrated its largest graduating class since regaining accreditation in 2022…
Illinois: Malik Jackson will be the next publisher of the alternative newspaper Chicago Reader…
Michigan: Authorities have released video of the fatal police shooting of Isaiah Kirby, a Michigan State University student…
Mississippi: For The Guardian, Adria Walker went to Jackson where thousands of Mississippians rallied to protect voting rights…
North Carolina: Durham mayor Leo Williams addressed a violence reduction plan after the death of community gun violence advocate Michelle Keenan…
Pennsylvania: A $10 million restoration of Belmont Mansion will highlight its role in helping enslaved people escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad…
Tennessee: A school district has banned Alex Haley’s “Roots” under the state’s so-called ‘Age-Appropriate Materials Act’...
Texas: Tarrant County is an “extreme outlier” in targeting minorities in death penalty cases, according to a recent report...
What’s Happening
Last year, I took on the role of president of the Washington Association of Black Journalists. I penned a brief note of gratitude to my executive board for what we have accomplished so far…
The NAACP has launched a campaign urging Black athletes, fans, family and alumni to “withhold athletic and financial support” from public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”...
Elections: Charles Booker has won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Kentucky… Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Democratic nomination to become Georgia’s next governor… Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D…
For the Nation, Elie Mystal slammed Trump’s creation of a “white grievance reparations fund”...
Spelman College alumna skylar Mitchell penned a love letter to HBCUs in her opinion piece for the New York Times…
As a pillar of democracy, the Black press deserves more from philanthropy, Tirrea Billings writes for philanthropy unfiltered…
William Darity Jr, Ph.D. explained the “hidden costs” of being Black in America to The Afro’s Megan Sayles…
Rep. James Clyburn sees the GOP’s gerrymandering push as part of a larger history of discrimination and disenfranchisement against Black Americans…
CNN’s Abby Phillip is expecting her second child with husband Marcus Richardson…
Waffle House workers rallied in Atlanta to demand a $25-an-hour wage and safer conditions…
The word ‘Black’ has disappeared from a set of bills aimed at addressing Black maternal health…
“As family homelessness hits record highs, school districts are offering parking lots as safe sites for students and their families to sleep at night”…
The American Bar Association voted to eliminate a rule that requires law schools to demonstrate their commitment to DEI…
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that…
Montgomery, Alabama’s Ben Moore Hotel, Philadelphia’s President’s House Site and more are on this year’s list of the most endangered historic places in the country…
The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis has reopened The Legacy Experience amid the institution’s 35th anniversary…
Texas attorney Michael Phillips was ordered to apologize to Brenda DeRouen after using a racist slur during a custody modification trial…
Fisk University announced a $900 million campus transformation that includes a 100,000-square-foot data center…
Entertainment News
The trailer for Ahmir Thompson’s Earth, Wind & Fire documentary is out. Watch it above…
Angelina Jolie’s daughter, Zahara, is officially graduating from college…
A call from Denzel Washington brought Debbie Allen back to Broadway with “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”...
For EBONY, Josh Rodgers explored how “ATL” became more than just a movie for Black Atlanta…
Andscape, formerly known as The Undefeated, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Read this really interesting oral history…
USA TODAY spoke with Black former NFL stars Marshall Faulk, Eddie George and Michael Vick about college football’s hiring reality…
Quinta Brunson is set to develop and star in a ‘Betty Boop’ feature film…
Danielle Brooks is set to star in Apple TV’s “American Comfort,” a soul food restaurant comedy inspired by the Harlem restaurant Melba’s. Kenya Barris and Oprah Winfrey are also involved…
Courtney A. Kemp, the storyteller behind the hit “Power” universe, has signed a new multiyear deal with Apple TV...
The highly anticipated documentary “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” completed by William Greaves’ relatives after his death, showcased at Cannes…
NPR’s Ayesha R speaks with Grammy-winning musician Mya about her new album “Retrospect.” …
For the New York Times, Nia Decaille spoke with top romance writer Kennedy Ryan about her TV deal and much more…
The TLC musical “CrazySexyCool” has revealed its lead actresses...
Lauryn Hill explained why she didn’t release another solo album following “The Miseducation” in 1998…
Obituaries
Cynthia Newsome, a longtime TV anchor in Kansas City, has died. She was 68…
Charlie Neal opened a road to visibility for multiple Black journalists and HBCU sports, Bill Rhoden writes for Andscape…
Don’t Miss
Can you beat my time on Black Crossword? 53 seconds!…
Watch Word In Black’s food series, “What’s on Your Plate? Food Access in Black America,” here…
From June 5 to June 11, the Brooklyn Academy of Music will host a series that challenges the representation of Black authority figures across 70 years of cinema...
The African American Museum in Philadelphia is seeking volunteers for its Juneteenth block party...
The Democratic Party establishment and its political leaders are not interested in Justice. They are interested in the judicial system agreeing with them, no matter what. https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/fighting-and-dying-for-segregation
Love it when my home state of Tennessee ends up in the breakdown for their foolishness 😮💨