May 27th, 2009
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LDF News and Media Today:
A sampling of Race, Justice, Equality and Democracy in the news.
By Mel Gagarin
Afternoon Blog Wrap-Up by Kasha Dragon:
- Michael Vick, hip hop, and the politics of punishment
- Mike Tyson’s daughter dies
- Guantánamo, Democrats and Roosting Chickens
- Segregated Proms for Black and White Students in the Deep South
- North Korea Restarts Nuke Plant
- Race Row at Harvard
- Ursula Burns: The first black woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company
- Questions for Sotomayor
- Siberian child ‘raised by dogs’
The Beck-Palin Rally: Where Was The Rest of America?
Teaching Black Kids to Cope with Racism
Obama Renews Pledge to Help New Orleans Rebuild
LDF Statement Commemorating 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
55 Years Later, Emmett Till Murder Still Haunts
“I Have A Dream”
Coming Soon: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
“He prayed humbly that he was on God’s side”
August 28, 1963: A Moment of Glory
Black Police Officers Association Endorses California Ballot Measure to Legalize Marijuana
Top 25 African-American Films of All Time
My Top 10 African-American TV Shows of All Time
Calvin Willis
The Red and the Black: African Americans and Cherokees in Antebellum America
A Fun Face?
Biloxi Schools Controversy: Punished for Achievement?
Sarah Rector: The Richest Colored Girl in the World
Clyde Murphy: 1948 — 2010
Chemical Relaxers: The Facts Might Not Be So Relaxing
Justice Denied: Still No Money for Black Farmers Settlement
Spike Lee revisits New Orleans in new HBO documentary
8 Year-Old Girl’s Hair Triggers Cries of Racism But Are We Jumping the Gun?
No Birth Records = Tough Road Ahead When Aging Out of Foster Care
Is That Your Child? Mothers Talk About Rearing Biracial Children