Why Is Juneteenth Such An Important Holiday?
Have you heard of Juneteenth? It’s a holiday you might not know about but, in light of recent events in Charleston, the history is more relevant than
Have you heard of Juneteenth? It’s a holiday you might not know about but, in light of recent events in Charleston, the history is more relevant than
Accessibility resource for BIPOC students – BIPOC students with disabilities face significant barriers to quality education. Learn how accessibility removes these barriers, and why this matters. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 19% of students reported having a disability during the 2015-2016 academic year. Of these students, about 80% were BIPOC. Disabled BIPOC students live at multiple intersections of marginalization and face more barriers than others. For many of these students, disability justice and racial justice are intertwined, as ableism, racism, and other barriers discriminate against and disable them, limiting their academic
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This
The Equal Justice Initiative works to end excessive punishment and mass incarceration in the United States. The EJI challenges racial and economic injustices and fights to protects human
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish
In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era