AltWeeklies Wire
Development Unearths Native American Burial Groundsnew
The 1,087-acre Playa Vista development has unearthed one of the largest burial grounds in California -- tribal leaders want their ancestors re-buried, but the remains have been locked in a trailer for years.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
04-06-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The Mystery of Lloyd Gainesnew
The St. Louis civil-rights pioneer vanished without a trace almost 70 years ago -- now the NAACP wants the feds to find him.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
04-06-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The Untold Story of African-American Resistance to the Klannew
Despite civil rights mythology, groups like the Deacons for Defense were advocating armed resistance long before the Black Power Movement, and they may even have had help from Malcolm X.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-22-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Inner City Squalor as Home Entertainment
A popular series of DVDs compiles footage of actual, violent street fights.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
03-19-2007 |
Race & Class
Slavery's Truthsnew
Paper documentation is revealing who once held people as property.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
03-13-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
'I Deal With Being Black Every Day'new
Amid unique professional and personal challenges, African-American women strive to get ahead.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
03-09-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Black Exclusion Zonesnew
Are drug-free zones targeting African Americans?
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore and Matt Davis |
03-08-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
A Kinder, Gentler Racismnew
Stormfront.org strives to make extremism mainstream.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
03-01-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
'Once Upon a Time'new
Accused and activists contend prosecution of former Black Panthers in 35-year-old murder is politically driven.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman |
02-05-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Reparations' Slow Train a Comin'new
Landmark legal win stokes hope of black payback.
NOW Magazine |
Sigcino Moyo |
02-05-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: blackhistorymonth
Alone In a Crowdnew
Young African-American professionals say Springfield offers them very few reasons to stay.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
01-05-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Race Revelationsnew
By the end of a Cleveland student's rant on MySpace, she'd spit forth 600 words of outrage, dropped the N-bomb nine times, and claimed "98 percent of blacks were ignorant."
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
12-21-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Liberal-On-Liberal Antagonismnew
A terminated employee calls one of Nashville's leading liberal activist organizations a racist "progressive plantation."
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
12-15-2006 |
Race & Class
Leading From Where He Isnew
L.A. civil rights champion Willis Edwards is the most effective activist Angelenos have never heard of.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Annette Stark |
11-28-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Echoes of the Revolutionnew
The struggle between Bay Area law enforcement and the Black Panthers is still going on after 35 years.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
11-17-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
