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'When we still knew almost nothing': A eulogy for Werner Trieschmann Original
Werner Trieschmann — an accomplished playwright, a prominent figure in the Central Arkansas arts community and a regular contributor to the Arkansas Times — was born in Hot Springs on Sept. 9, 1964. After suffering a stroke in early December, he died on Dec. 26. He is survived by his wife, Marty, and two sons, John and Kit. The following, a eulogy by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Douglas A. Blackmon, was originally given at Trieschmann’s memorial service, which took place on Jan.
1994: Freaknik dead? Not if firm has say-so
Originally published Oct. 12, 1994 Mayor Bill Campbell plans to get the word out at predominantly black colleges across the United States that Freaknik is no longer welcome in Atlanta. But at least one would-be festival promoter is trying to make sure Freaknik lives - and that he gets a piece of the action. The Atlanta Student Forum, which promoted Freaknik this year, has evaporated.
The Execution of Willie Francis
On May 3, 1946, in St. Martinsville, Louisiana, a 17-year-old Black boy was scheduled for execution by electric chair. Willie Francis had been charged with murder; his trial had been brief; his death sentence never in doubt. When the executioners flipped the switch, Willie screamed and writhed as electricity coursed through his body. But Willie Francis did not die. Having miraculously survived, Willie was informed that the state would attempt to execute him a second time within a week.
10 Brilliant Black Books For Black History Month
Reading is power. Don't think so? Just ask our ancestors who were slaves. The statute below, passed by the state of North Carolina in 1830-1831, was fairly typical.
Bernie Sanders to speak at UVa on upcoming book tour
The former presidential candidate and independent Vermont senator, who identifies as a socialist, has taken flack for charging for tickets at stops where he is promoting his forthcoming book “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.His book “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism” goes on sale Feb.He spoke at the UVa Miller Center during a taping of “American Forum,” a weekly public affairs program hosted by journalist Douglas Blackmon, whose book “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of...
Rachel Ferguson, Ph.D. — The Moral Imagination
In this episode I speak with Rachel Ferguson about her book Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America, co-authored with Marcus Witcher. The book address issues of social justice, exclusion, opportunity, race and discrimination, classical liberalism, and the economic history of African Americans since the civil war.
The Local Take talks Slavery By Another Name with Author Douglas Blackmon
This week on WCLK's The Local Take(Saturdays 8am), I reached out to Professor Douglas A Blackmon about his seminal book Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. The book was released in 2008 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize. PBS produced a documentary about the facts Blackmon documented in 2012. If you’re not familiar with either, I encourage you to take in this content to understand better what is going on today.
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So you’re asking if I actually can explain how the new Georgia voting law discourages voting, especially in minority & lower income communities and sets up ways for the legislature and exec branch to tamper with elections the way President Trump tried? Okay, if you insist.
Slavery by Another Name
Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2009 In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history: an Age of Neoslavery that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Douglas A.
Valley woman works to preserve Black history through education, activism and art
Hammons founded Emancipation Arts, an effort which focuses on spotlighting African American artists, sharing Black history and raising awareness of Black issues. PHOENIX — Clottee Hammons wears many hats as a mother, artist, writer and activist. She has also made it her mission to educate others on Black history and civil rights issues in the Valley. “You've heard of the history detectives, okay that's me," Hammons laughed.
Sally Yates Has Spent Decades Defying Enraged Politicians. Trump Was Only the Most Recent.
Jurisprudence One last testament to the integrity of the attorney general who defied the president. Then–Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks during a formal investiture ceremony for Attorney General Loretta Lynch June 17, 2015 at the Warner Theatre in Washington.
Reading recommendations: stories for understanding political change
During times of illness or political unrest — or maybe even both, simultaneously — books are not only an escape but a conduit for education and change. A&E spoke to experts about certain books that are instrumental in understanding new and old BIPOC narratives, the history that led up to our current moment and the necessity for an anti-racist society.
The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation
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Josh Glancy - The Sin that Wouldn’t Die
On 30 March 1908, Green Cottenham went down to the railway station in Columbiana, Alabama, as normal. It was there that he would pick up casual labour transporting crates or picking cotton. In between shifts he whiled away his day playing dice and smoking tobacco with his fellow African-Americans. This day, however, turned out differently. Cottenham was seized by the local sheriff’s chief deputy and accused of riding a freight train without a ticket. He appeared before a judge the following day.
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13 Compelling Books That Offer Fresh Perspectives on American History
American History Books: Our 13 Picks Title Author 1. Birdmen Lawrence Goldstone 2. Slavery by Another Name Douglas A. Blackmon 3. The Caning Stephen Puleo 4. The Island at the Center of the World Russell Shorto 5. A World on Fire Amanda Foreman 6. Coolidge Amity Shlaes 7. A Fierce Glory Justin Martin 8. The Factory Girls Christine Seifert 9. American Legend Buddy Levy 10. Harvey Milk Lillian Faderman 11. The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson 12. In the Shadow of Liberty Kenneth C. Davis 13.
Donald Trump, racial pioneer?
Donald Trump’s presidency offers an extraordinary opportunity to advance the paralyzed national discourse on race in America, and our new chief executive can validate his campaign claims to be a racially tolerant figure working for the success of all Americans—without alienating his core supporters. To millions of citizens, that will sound like an astounding assertion.
Herman Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign
ATLANTA—Herman Cain on Saturday suspended his campaign for the White House, effectively ending an unlikely run that saw him lead the Republican presidential field but falter amid accusations that he had sexually harassed several women and conducted an extramarital affair. Mr. Cain continued to deny those allegations on Saturday, and said they were being perpetuated by the media and the political class. "I...
Herman Cain's Political Education
When Herman Cain entered Atlanta's Morehouse College in the fall of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. had just delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. During his first semester, four black girls were killed in a Birmingham, Ala., church bombing. Young African-Americans flocked to Dr. King's call for nonviolent action or its more radical offshoots. Mr. Cain steered clear of the strife boiling around him.
Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Elvis’s legacy, the origins of turkey and a possible ‘super Earth’
This week’s “Free for All” letters. Elvis Presley. (AFP/Getty Images) Don't be cruel to Elvis's legacy Regarding Chris Richards’s Nov. 16 Critic’s Notebook essay, “With Medal of Freedom for Elvis, Trump sends a message” [Style]: Richards is a purveyor of social crutches to obscure the failures of cultural leadership. Apparently, it is unseemly for a white man (Elvis Presley) to have gospel roots or sing traditionally black American music.
They both described themselves as ‘happily single’
Mark Dennin is a 29-year-old Pennsylvania native who works for a member of Congress. Delaney Gordon is a 27-year-old California transplant who works with government contractors. Both enjoy volleyball. And both seem rather ambivalent about dating. “I’ve been happily single for a few years,” said Delaney, who signed up for Date Lab only at the urging of a friend.
Review | A thriller set in Trump’s America is among the best audiobooks of the month
Olen Steinhauer’s 11th novel is set in present-day America complete with Trump as president, agencies headed by corporate big wigs and a rabble-rousing TV commentator, “kicking up the dirt of his audience’s fears.” Steinhauer once again demonstrates his mastery in creating suspense and devising scenarios in which things are not at all what they seem — especially when it comes to the machinations of rogue elements in the nation’s intelligence and security organizations.
Tracking the path of Florence as it churns toward the U.S.
Analysis Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events.
Opinion | What does Kavanaugh’s paper trail say? Let’s ask the experts.
Ahead of Brett M. Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week, The Post asked legal scholars to identify an opinion that best illustrates his judicial philosophy. Here’s what they had to say: Before his nomination to the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh’s most prominent moment during the Trump presidency was his role in Garza v. Hargan, a case involving an undocumented teenager who was blocked by the federal government from receiving an abortion.
Resources - Shadowproof
This page is and always will be a work-in-progress. If there’s something missing that you think should be included, please contact me. • NYC Board of Correction votes to approve new rules for solitary confinement. Jan 13, 2015, by @aintacrow • Nell Bernstein & others discuss the end of juvenile incarceration.
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools | American Experience | PBS
Sarah Blackmon, Douglas Blackmon’s Mother: You have one shot at raising your children, you don't get do overs. We were very, very concerned that our children get a good education. John Mccandlish, Class Of 1983: Growing up in Leland and thinking about where I lived, it seems somewhat like a Mayberry to me. It was a very tight knit community. People knew each other. People really cared about each other. Kevin Magee, Class Of 1983: I grew up kind of a latchkey kid and had the run of the town, basically.
10 Brilliant Black Books For Black History Month
Reading is power. Don’t think so? Just ask our ancestors who were slaves. The statute below, passed by the state of North Carolina in 1830—1831, was fairly typical.
Opinion | China’s party congress is a wake-up call for the West
If the price of political freedom is division and polarization, it comes at a steep opportunity cost. While the West — including a Europe riven by populist and separatist movements — stalls in internal acrimony, China is boldly striding ahead. It has proactively set its sights on conquering the latest artificial intelligence technology, reviving the ancient Silk Road as “the next phase of globalization,” taking the lead on climate change and shaping the next world order in its image.
The Untold History of Post-Civil War 'Neoslavery'
Douglas A. Blackmon is Atlanta bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and author of Slavery by Another Name. hide caption toggle caption Note: Author's footnotes have been omitted. Introduction The Bricks We Stand On On March 30, 1908, Green Cottenham was arrested by the sheriff of Shelby County, Alabama, and charged with "vagrancy." Cottenham had committed no true crime.
Atlanta Rises Again
By June 11, 2017 4:35 pm ET The drama of American cities spiraling into crises of crime, poverty and urban decay—accompanied by endless and mostly failed efforts to reverse such trends—played out repeatedly during the second half of the 20th century. New York’s collapse toward bankruptcy in the 1970s, Atlantic City’s spectacle of casinos and mobs, the hollowing out of Detroit as the auto industry went into cardiac arrest—these were just the most cinematic versions.
Douglas Paul Blackmon
Douglas Paul Blackmon, “Dr. Doug,” 63, of Terlingua, Texas passed away on May 19, 2017, at the University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. Doug, the last of eight children learned early the tricks of survival, and in his early 20s went to Terlingua, Texas, and lived as a survivalist for the remainder of his life.
Why Trump Will Never Recover from His Russia Scandal
Why Trump Will Never Recover from His Russia Scandal A little more than a week ago, I said on CNN and wrote on Facebook that — based on reporting I’d just completed in Washington DC — it was clear that the controversy surrounding Russian contacts with advisers to President Donald J. Trump and his campaign team was about to become much more serious and much more directly focused on the president himself, and would have deeply troubling consequences for our democracy.
Why the President Will Not Survive the Trump Russia Scandal
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak during talks with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House. (Photo by Alexander Shcherbak/TASS via Getty Images) A version of this post first appeared on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Douglas A. Blackmon’s Facebook page.
‘RussiaGate’ Has Become a Catastrophic Failure of Leadership
A version of this post first appeared on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Douglas A. Blackmon’s Facebook page. A little more than a week ago, I said on CNN and wrote on Facebook that — Ttbased on reporting I’d just completed in Washington DC — it was clear that the controversy surrounding Russian contacts with advisers to President Donald J.
Sally Yates Has Spent Decades Defying Enraged Politicians. Trump Was Only the Most Recent.
It was almost 20 years ago, in 1998. Yates was an assistant U.S. attorney in Atlanta, whose gentle Southern accent (of the old families of Atlanta) belied her already fierce reputation. Earlier that decade she’d led a federal prosecution into a massive corruption scheme tied to the city’s airport.
Lawmaker Tried to Block U.S. Attorney Pick
Georgia Rep. John Lewis, one of Washington's most prominent Democrats, called the White House earlier this year to try to block the appointment of a federal prosecutor who won convictions against more than a dozen public officials in Atlanta -- including former Mayor Bill Campbell, a longtime friend and ally of Mr. Lewis.
This is why RussiaGate will inevitably destroy the Trump presidency
A lawsuit was filed against the Trump administration disputing a six-month delay on ceiling fan standards coming into effect and demanding a court order to enforce them immediately (AFP Photo/MANDEL NGAN) A version of this post first appeared on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Douglas A. Blackmon’s Facebook page.
Books, Movies, Music For a Midwinter's Night : Code Switch : NPR
It's the holidays. You maybe have some time off, and you're maybe thinking that, between doing all those end-of-year things you swear you're going to do before you return to work in January, maybe you're going to take a minute for yourself. Except you're not sure how to spend that time. So here's our holiday gift to you: A roundup of some of the things we liked that we think you might too. So settle into a comfy chair, pull that Slanket around you (don't front; we know you've used one) and enjoy.
American Amnesia: Have We Forgotten What Made America Great?
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Author Douglas Blackmon on 20th Century Neo-Slavery
BILL MOYERS: That was just a portion of the film. When Traces of the Trade airs on POV next week, Katrina Browne and several of her kinfolk follow the path of those ships to the West Coast of Africa, on to Cuba, where the DeWolfs owned a huge slave plantation, and then back again to New England, where an orderly economy run by pious, church-going people prospered from their bargain with the devil.
Why the Confederate Banner Must Come Down
This post first appeared at Slavery By Another Name blog. When I was a Boy Scout in Leland, Mississippi, my patrol in Troop 42 called itself “the Rebels” during 1976. I still have locked in a trunk somewhere little wooden blocks I painted with the names of each scout imposed over a crude image of the Confederate battle flag – a wall decoration of some sort for the scout hall.
Why must the Confederate banner come down? Because it is the battle flag of white cowards, And those angry that white privilege is ending
When I was a Boy Scout in Leland, Mississippi, my patrol in Troop 42 called itself “the Rebels” during 1976. I still have locked in a trunk somewhere little wooden blocks I painted with the names of each scout imposed over a crude image of the Confederate battle flag–a wall decoration of some sort for the scout hall.
There Was 'Nobody in Charge'
In the minutes after a cascade of gas explosions crippled the Deepwater Horizon on April 20, confusion reigned on the drilling platform. Flames were spreading rapidly, power was out, and terrified workers were leaping into the dark, oil-coated sea. Capt. Curt Kuchta, the vessel's commander, huddled on the bridge with about 10 other managers and crew members.
Rand Paul’s Antitax Group Has Been Inactive for Years
By Douglas A. Blackmon Central to Rand Paul’s political identity is an organization called Kentucky Taxpayers United. The GOP Senate nominee has often described his 15 years as chairman of the antitax group as the foundation of his involvement in state politics; he was introduced as its founder in a debate this week.
Bill Campbell: He could have been the one
In 1991 I was a ponytailed 28-year-old reporter, newly arrived on the Atlanta City Hall beat for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, at a time when city council was rife with corruption and a low fever of general incompetence. One day I watched the chairman of a powerful committee walk to the public lectern during discussion of a request on one of his own real estate projects, and begin arguing for approval to himself. Not surprisingly, he won his own support.
Riding the Tiger-Miller Center
Former NAACP National Chairman Julian Bond wants every American to see the film Selma, the dramatic film about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that was denied the Oscar for Best Picture last night, but the legendary civil rights figure says Selma has even more historical problems than its widely criticized treatment of former President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America eBook: Khalil Gibran Muhammad: Kindle Store
The Condemnation of Blackness is a painstakingly researched narrative on the formation of social policy in the urban north rooted in a double-standard applied to African-Americans as opposed to immigrants of European descent, which attributed challenges faced by African Americans to their so-called innate traits to the exclusion of other factors such as employment opportunities, educational disparities and housing segregation rooted in racism.
Is President Obama prepared to release thousands of prisoners?
Is President Obama prepared to release thousands of prisoners? Attorney General Eric H. Holder, in an interview to be broadcast on public television this Sunday (Feb.
Father of girl killed in 1963 Birmingham church bombing could gain early release from prison
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America’s Twentieth-Century Slavery
The horrifying, little-known story of how hundreds of thousands of blacks worked in brutal bondage right up until World War II. On July 31, 1903, a letter addressed to President Theodore Roosevelt arrived at the White House. It had been mailed from the town of Bainbridge, Georgia, the prosperous seat of a cotton county perched on the Florida state line. The sender was a barely literate African American woman named Carrie Kinsey.
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