Black in America

African Americans experience higher arrest related deaths

Racial disproportionality in the US criminal justice system is a fact that can be proved with statics. This could help to explain why a young black woman like Sandra Bland could end up dead after a …

Sandra Bland conspiracy: Anonymous release video calling out Texas police

Hacktivist group Anonymous has released a video where they claim to ‘expose’ Texas police over the death of Sandra Bland. The chilling voiceover, which has been digitally disguised, is …

Sandra Bland – Say her name

Sandra Bland is another black life lost under hinky police circumstances. The 28-year-old’s death in a Texas county jail on 13 July, three days after a routine traffic stop turned into a …

Fact check: The etymology of picnic

We’ve debunked the tale of how Black Friday came about, now we will fact check the crazy tale of the etymology of picnic. Have you heard the story about where the word picnic comes from? If you …

Billie Holiday sings Strange Fruit

Originally written as a poem “Bitter Fruit” by Abel Meeropol became a song performed famously by Billie Holiday. Meeropol, a white, Jewish high school teacher from the Bronx and a member …

Origins of Black Friday and other lies told to us

In this post we fact check the origins of Black Friday and the Willie Lynch speech. Toni Braxton posted a call to boycott Black Friday on her Facebook page with an image of a slave auction and text …

The burning of Greenwood aka Black Wall Street

It may be hard to imagine today that black people could be unified enough to have a successful all-black community, but in early 20th Century America, that’s exactly what happened. Greenwood is a …

George Edwin Taylor: First Black person to run for the US presidency

Barack Obama is the first US Black President, but he is not the first black person to run for the US presidency. That honour goes to George Edwin Taylor. George Taylor was born in the pre-Civil War …

The death penalty is flawed: The case of Glenn Ford

On hearing that Clayton Lockett suffered during his botched execution, many of you may have looked at his crime before deciding whether he was worthy of your compassion. That’s okay. We’re all human …

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass, a towering figure in American history, was a former slave who became one of the most prominent abolitionists, human rights advocates, and orators of the 19th century. His life and …

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester …

The construct of race: Historical underpinnings and modern implications

The concept of race, a classification system based on physical and genetic characteristics, has been a contentious and evolving aspect of human societies. Historically, the construct of race has been …

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