Setting it Straight: Race and Racism, Minority Groups
Reaching back in time to discover and shine a light on events and peoples whose roles in shaping history may be unknown, misunderstood, or misrepresented.
November 5th, 2013
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Bernard King says he dealt with racism off the basketball court that included clashes with police while starring for the Univerify of Tennessee in the 1970s.
In an ESPN "30 for 30" documentary airing Tuesday, King said that former Volunteers coach Ray Mears warned him that he'd heard some local officers would "do anything to get him."
King, the first former Tennessee player inducted into the...
November 1st, 2013
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The current motion picture in theaters entitled 12 Years A Slave, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northrup, a free man who was kidnapped into slavery, offers a harsh but accurate look at slavery as it existed in the United States in the first part of the 19th century.
The sad fact, as the movie portrays, is that African-Americans could never truly relax and feel free, for they could be...
October 28th, 2013
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With the World Series dominating sports news this week and the next, it seems a good time to talk about a man who many consider the fastest baseball player who ever lived: Cool Papa Bell.
Unfortunately, because of the color line, Bell never got a chance to play professional baseball. But the stories about him during his Negro Leagues career are some of the best you'll find about any player.
James...
October 25th, 2013
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The first feminist was Margaret Brent contrary to the many other women who may come to mind when we think about the history of the feminist movement.
For years women were discriminated against by not being allowed to vote. Who was the first woman to ask for the right to vote? Elizabeth Cady Stanton? Alice Paul? How about Margaret Brent – centuries before those women had even been born.
Born in...
October 23rd, 2013
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According to a recent report issued by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, the National Football League is hiring more blacks and Latinos, earning an A for the fourth consecutive year for its racial hiring practices. This grade was earned, however, despite concerns over a dramatic drop in minority head coaches this season.
The league also drew a C+ for gender hiring practices in the...
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