Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
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June 4th, 2013
Written by Suzanne Gamboa ... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union reports in a new study that police arrest black people for possessing marijuana far more often than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same.
The ACLU's analysis of federal crime data, released Tuesday, found marijuana arrest rates for black people ranked 3.73 times greater than for white people nationally in 2010...
June 4th, 2013
Written by Ronald Blum - A... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
NEW YORK (AP) - American women's national team forward Sydney Leroux said she was the object of a series of racist and sexist tweets in recent days and said her provocative celebration after her weekend goal against Canada was a response to the abuse.
After scoring the final goal during stoppage time in Sunday's 3-0 exhibition win at Toronto's BMO Field, the 23-year-old player raised the U.S....
June 3rd, 2013
Written by Joann Loviglio ... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A new exhibit created by a University of Pennsylvania professor and host of a popular public television show examines how wartime propaganda motivated oppressed populations to risk their lives for homelands that considered them second-class citizens.
"Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster," opens Sunday and continues until March 2 at the University of...
June 3rd, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Spotlight, African-American, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Seventy-five years ago, Abel Meeropol wrote metaphoric lyrics for a famous by Billie Holiday. “Strange Fruit,” named one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording industry of America, dealt with lynchings, the ugliest and most violent expression of racism. Speaking of her painting, “Billie Sings,” artist Denise P. Logan says, “Billie Holiday made the song famous — a brave act considering the...
June 2nd, 2013
Written by Emily Wagster P... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
The Civil Rights sit-in at Woolworth's five-and-dime store in Jackson, Mississippi changed the state forever. While the store is no longer there, a hitorical marker was recently unvailed where it once stood.
May 28, 1963, started as just another work day for Jackson Daily News photographer Fred Blackwell. Within hours, he captured black-and-white images that traveled around the world and brought...