AltWeeklies Wire
Evolution of a Man: Lifting the Hood in South Mississippinew
Old Ku Klux Klansmen, and their victims, today live together in South Mississippi. Many of them are learning how to get along with people they used to hate, as they are forced to confront their old ideas about justice.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Daddy Get Upnew
This son of Natchez wants justice for the 1967 Klan murder of his father.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Dear Meadvillenew
The Mississippi Klan killed Thomas Moore's brother Charles Eddie Moore 40 years ago, but he is still seeking justice. Now, he is trying to wake up his hometown.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Skinheads Eat, Drink and Talk Hatred in Rural Georgianew
Approximately 100 white-power skinheads, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members congregated on a Paulding County pastureland last weekend for Hammerfest 2005, the annual Hammerskin festival.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
10-06-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Trying to Make It Rightnew
A Mississippi doctor passed along a racist e-mail that disparages black New Orleans evacuees -- and is now paying the price.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-29-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
More Accusations of Racism Made in Dallasnew
Using a "logistic regression analysis model" to prove its point, the Dallas Morning News accused the Dallas County District Attorney of running a racist department.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
09-05-2005 |
Race & Class
Middle Eastern Students Face Discrimination at Public Schoolsnew
There is room for legitimate debate about the proper responses to the potential for domestic terrorism, but one clearly indefensible reaction has been widely seen and little discussed.
SF Weekly |
Cristi Hegranes |
08-23-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Infamous Manhunt Leads to Struggle for Justicenew
Twelve years after a dragnet for a rapist targeted blacks in Oneonta, N.Y., a class action lawsuit is going to trial.
The Village Voice |
Chisun Lee |
08-04-2005 |
Race & Class
Rez Erected
In Indian Country, Native Americans are moving from survival mode to creating a middle class lifestyle, all the while maintaining their ties to traditional Indian culture.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
07-20-2005 |
Race & Class
The Killen Verdict, Explainednew
The Edgar Ray Killen trial ended in his conviction for manslaughter in the deaths of three civil rights workers, not murder. A historian looks at why that happened.
Jackson Free Press |
Howard Ball |
07-07-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Racial Healing In Mississippinew
Two men reveal the worst and the best of the South -- Edgar Ray Killen, and the man who helped put him behind bars.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-30-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
After Killen: What's Next for Mississippi?new
A Neshoba County native spent a week at the Edgar Ray Killen trial asking victims' families, activists and everyday citizens if Mississippi is ready to now do the hard work of racial honesty and reconciliation.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
06-22-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Myrlie Evers-Williams and the Power of Onenew
Myrlie Evers-Williams talks about the need for change, the pain of losing a husband and her new book, “The Autobiography of Medgar Evers,” edited with Manning Marable.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
06-09-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Cold Case: Tulsa Race Riot Survivors Closer to Reparationsnew
A chilling tale of Tulsa race riots reaches all the way to Pittsburgh, and the U.S. Supreme Court. It may very well change the way the country approaches race relations
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Brentin Mock |
04-08-2005 |
Race & Class
Discrimination Settlement Yields Little to Complainantnew
Darnay Cheeks was awarded $30,000 after Ford Motor Company agreed to settle regarding his complaint that it discriminated against blacks on a promotion test.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
03-22-2005 |
Race & Class
