Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
Current news, events, research, and reporting, covering the full range of racial issues, racism, discrimination, race relations in the contemporary society.
June 4th, 2013
Written by Ronald Blum - AP Sports Writer 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 - Associated Press 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 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 Pettus - Associated Press 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...
June 1st, 2013
Written by Jordan Shapiro in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - An annual state report released on Friday showed that black motorists were more likely to be pulled over and arrested during traffic stops by Missouri law enforcement last year, continuing a decade-long trend.
The report, released by Attorney General Chris Koster, showed that in 2012, black drivers were 62 percent more likely to be pulled over than white drivers in...
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