The #BlackLivesMatter movement's most controversial moments have centered on the destruction of property. Beginning with a theoretical reading of the role of property in American life, this chapter reads the act of property destruction as a decolonial act鈥攁 kind of iconoclasm against colonial ...
For some months now, my wife and I have been taking long, pandemic-induced walks around the affluent suburb where we live just outside of Boston. Before the winter snows arrived, we were struck by the number of Black Lives Matter (BLM) signs we encountered — in something like an i...
A steadily working television actor beginning in the 1980s, Mykelti Williamson gained widespread recognition with his role as sweet, simple, shrimp enthusiast Bubba Blue in the Academy Award-winning movie "Forrest Gump" (1994). Williamson went on to become a reliable supporting player on film, ...
our history of racial discord in this country has been one of a slow and violent bending of that moral arc. As difficult as it may be, we need to understand that these failures of our laws and hearts were baked in at the beginning. July 4, 1776 witnessed...
What Had Happened Was…is an intimate, engaging performance in which Foxx pulls back the curtain on the mysterious incident that became tabloid fodder at the beginning of the year. Foxx opens up about his struggles and triumphs after his near-death experience in his first comedy special in ...
The social media platform Twitter platform has played a crucial role in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. The immediate, flexible nature of tweets plays a crucial role both in spreading information about the movement’s aims and in organizing indivi
The morning after Election Day, DeMarini and Greenberg had their chairs set up on the same corner with the same painted sign. Greenberg, 73, says he’s been involved in protests and social movements since the 1960s, beginning with the movement against the war in Vietnam. For him, the sma...
If black lives are going to matter, black history must matter, too. That was Woodson’s key insight. From the beginning, Woodson made clear that all Americans could learn from, and should celebrate, Negro History Week. The week was a way to correct what Woodson’s fellow Harvard PhD W....
Archer made a name for himself in the world of law serving on the Michigan Supreme Court and also serving as mayor of Detroit for a time beginning in 1994. In 2003, his career was taken to another level when he was selected as the new president of the American Bar Association, the ...
But this is only the beginning of the process, not a guarantee of the accountability sought by Black Lives Matter, said Talis X. “An indictment is just basically the first step. It doesn’t even mean that they’ll get charged. It’s good when someone gets indicted but justice will be...