civil rights

  1. Idaeo

    I Am Not Your Negro, James Baldwin documentary, Free to Watch Until 1/29

    https://watch.weta.org/video/3008148984/?_ga=2.182824997.2072341113.1516822015-1152306885.1516822014 :eat:brehs I saw this last year...it's a must watch IMO.
  2. Jimi Swagger

    The sanitizing of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks

    A LOT OF the debate around black NFL players kneeling to protest police killings and racism seems to take place in a historical vacuum. The history of athletes and protest is seldom mentioned and, what’s worse, the reason why Colin Kaepernick and his comrades began protesting during the national...
  3. Jimi Swagger

    The Rape of Recy Taylor: An Essential, Flawed Documentary at the New York Film Festival

    Nancy Buirski’s documentary film “The Rape of Recy Taylor” reconstructs events from the abduction and sexual assault, in 1944, of a young black woman in rural Alabama By Richard Brody With Nancy Buirski’s documentary “The Rape of Recy Taylor,” which is screening at the New York Film Festival...
  4. Jimi Swagger

    A Legacy of Environmental Racism - EPA ignored emails of Civil Rights Complaints

    Exxon Mobil is still pumping toxins into black community in Texas 17 years after Civil Rights Complaints Exxon Mobil Is Still Pumping Toxins Into Black Community in Texas 17 Years After Civil Rights Complaint JOSEPH GAINES was sitting on his porch in the Charlton-Pollard section of Beaumont...
  5. DrBanneker

    AG Sessions Says DOJ to ‘Pull Back’ on Police Department Civil Rights Suits

    Full article Donald Trump's attorney general said Tuesday the Justice Department will limit its use of a tactic employed aggressively under President Obama — suing police departments for violating the civil rights of minorities. "We need, so far as we can, to help police departments get...
  6. Reginald Noble

    BOYCOTTS NEED TO BEGIN. FACEBOOK WILL NOT HIRE BLACK OR LATINO ENGINEERS: SHARE THIS BREH'S FB POST.

    The original breh's post did not gain any traction. You all use Facebook I know this. The whole Twitter thing blew over because it's dying anyways. But FB/IG are alive and well. So it's time to take some kind of action. I found a breh's post on the subject. The least you can do is share this on...
  7. DynamoEAR

    Undefeated Article on Chamberlain's support of Nixon.

    Playing conservative ball :jbhmm:
  8. SirReginald

    HUGE THROWBACK THREAD: The Years Are 1963 - 1975 (Takin It Back Old School)

    spin from 1996 thread http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-year-is-96.423641/ The Classic fashion :wow: The Beautiful Women :mjcry: The Music :blessed: Let's talk about it?:jbhmm: EDIT: It's now 1963-1975. So, that means we may go in order or not. However, this is gonna be huge :lolbron:
  9. Optimus Prime

    "Guerrilla", 1970's UK Political Drama from Idris & John Ridley

    Showtime has ordered “Guerrilla,” a limited series from “American Crime” creator John Ridley, starring Idris Elba. The six-episode drama will be broadcast in the U.S. on Showtime and in the U.K. on Sky Atlantic. Ridley will write the bulk of the episodes and direct the first two. A love story...
  10. Prince Cairo

    Ferguson handed a Civil Rights Lawsuit from DOJ

    Ferguson Just Got Slapped With a Civil Rights Lawsuit From the Department of Justice | VICE News Ferguson Just Got Slapped With a Civil Rights Lawsuit From the Department of Justice By VICE News February 10, 2016 | 5:02 pm The US government has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson...
  11. B

    Black Preacher destroys the "Gay is the New Black" argument

    http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/07/19/gay-is-not-the-new-black/ Some highlights from a similar article he wrote :wow: :whew:
  12. N

    Martin Luther King's Economic Dream: A Guaranteed Income for All Americans

    Martin Luther King's Economic Dream: A Guaranteed Income for All Americans The civil rights leader laid out his vision for fighting poverty in his final book. JORDAN WEISSMANN AUG 28 2013, 5:05 PM ET One of the more under-appreciated aspects of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy is that by...
  13. rodimusprime

    Supreme Error: NC’s new voter suppression law shows why the Voting Rights Act is still necessary

    NC has been bought completely by this billionaire right wing fukk ass dude. These new legal regulations against voting are only the tip of the iceberg. They are also trying to outlaw abortion through the same laws as Texas. This is what happens when folks get all excited over Obama and go vote...
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