Mr. Bond never stopped speaking out for the oppressed. He supported the demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, following the police shooting of a black man and called it African Americans’ age-old battle “to be treated decently and fairly.”
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Is History Repeating Itself 50 Years After Watts?
Posted August 11th, 2015 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
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As Ferguson, Missouri marks the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white cop, it feels like the racial divide that sparked the deadly riots in the Watts district of Los Angles in 1965 remains a sad reality of American life. With #Black Lives Matter protesting a string of deaths of African-Americans by white policemen, leaders are urging its members to be focused and peaceful — and not give in to the kind of despair Watts came to symbolize.
Ferguson: One Year After the Shooting of Michael Brown
Posted August 10th, 2015 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
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The first anniversary of the shooting death of unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown at the hands of a white police offer was marked by another shooting – in Ferguson. Police say during a protest last night, a black male opened fire on police, who then returned fire, leaving the shooter in critical condition. Since Ferguson, there have been numerous other deaths of African-Americans while in police custody, which begs the question: a year later, what has changed?
How Ferguson and #BlackLivesMatter Taught Us Not to Look Away
Posted August 10th, 2015 at 8:53 am (UTC-5)
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One year ago, on August 9 2014, then-police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri…. From that minute has grown a movement, reinforced on a seemingly daily basis by new violence.
In Iraq, I Raided Insurgents. In Virginia, Police Raided Me.
Posted July 27th, 2015 at 9:17 am (UTC-5)
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The culture that encourages police officers to engage their weapons before gathering information promotes the mind-set that nothing, including citizen safety, is more important than officers’ personal security. That approach has caused public trust in law enforcement to deteriorate.
Listening to Ta-Nehisi Coates While White
Posted July 17th, 2015 at 8:46 am (UTC-5)
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Your new book, “Between the World and Me,” is a great and searing contribution to this public education … You write to your son, “Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.”
Most Americans Expect a Long, Hot Summer of Racial Unrest. Moynihan Would Not Be Surprised
Posted June 15th, 2015 at 12:07 pm (UTC-5)
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It’s hard to get 96% of people to agree on anything, but last month’s Wall Street Journal/NBC poll found that 96% of those surveyed believe we are in for a summer of racial unrest. In the wake of Ferguson and Baltimore, it’s time for some reflection on how we got here.
60 Years Later, Echoes of Emmett Till’s Killing
“Before Trayvon Martin, before Michael Brown, before Tamir Rice, there was Emmett Till. This was the first ‘Black Lives Matter’ story.