Black Success, White Backlash

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. For more than half a century, I have been studying the shifting relations between white and Black Americans. My first journal article, published in 1972, when I was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, was about Black political power in the industrial Midwest after the riots of the late 1960s. My own experience of race relations in…

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When It Comes To Helping Black Kids, Our Leaders Are All Talk, No Action

I am saddened by the state of affairs in our inner cities. Recently, in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital and the place I call home, several young people, including a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, were murdered. Their lives cut short, never providing them with the opportunity to realize their God-given potential. The perpetuation of a black society that glorifies violence and drug use, which is often heard in rap music, has been a poison for the black community, particularly young black males. This subculture has attracted boys from a young…

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Black American Triumphs Outweigh Our Tragedies

It always seems as if the tragedies of black Americans—instead of our triumphs—remain center stage in the media. Discussions of our history focus on the tragedies of slavery, but seldom mention the ancient African civilizations ruling the world by the power of their wealth, intelligence, and strength. Archaeological studies of these civilizations have produced breakthrough discoveries and facts that somehow never reach the dinner table in black American homes. Media stories about present-day black America often remind us of a traumatic past, highlighting criminal activity and confrontations with law enforcement.…

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Colin Powell: the man who might have been America’s first Black president – The Guardian

Colin Powell: the man who might have been America’s first Black president  The Guardian Joe Biden, ex-presidents remember Colin Powell’s integrity, courage  USA TODAY Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, dies of Covid-19 complications amid cancer battle  CNN US President Biden’s Colin Powell tribute: ‘Had highest qualities of warrior & diplomat’  Republic World Colin Powell death: Biden leads tributes to former US secretary of state, who ‘could drive his Corvette Stingray like nobody’s business’  Sky News View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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