California State Capitol Goes Black … Red and Green to Mark Juneteenth
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media As California goes, so does the nation. You’ve probably heard that cliché many times before. It certainly rings true for Juneteenth. The state of California started recognizing Juneteenth or Black “Freedom Day,” marking the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, back in 2003 as an official state observance. That was 17 years before Juneteenth became a household word across the United States this year. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger led troops…
Read MoreIs It Really Racism?
By Billy Mitchell A few years ago I approached some of the major foundations and enquired as to why they did not fund black programs. The program I began in 2001 had been serving hundreds of youngsters each year, providing free after school music instruction. But each year our program was passed over by…
Read MoreThe California Legislative Black Caucus Lights Up the State Capitol in Recognition of Juneteenth
Capitol Dome Lit Up in Red, Black and Green on Friday, June 19 “Juneteenth is Freedom Day and a cause for celebration,” said Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus. “What is encouraging is the renewed interest in Juneteenth by young people. I think it is this moment where they…
Read MoreMayor Garcetti Announces Major Steps To Promote Racial Equity in Los Angeles
Prepares City to implement affirmative action, names L.A.’s first-ever Chief Equity Officer, and signs an executive directive to study and advance racial justice and inclusion in every City department LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today called for affirmative action in City government and signed an executive directive to study and promote racial…
Read MoreCOMMENTARY: Change is a Movement and a Process
By Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus Voice Media Ventures network One thing is clear this Juneteenth: change cannot wait. Today, not only do we commemorate Black liberation from slavery, we also commemorate victims of police brutality and the lives lost at their hands. Our nation is witnessing an uprising of…
Read MoreWho Leads for Such a Time as This?
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Read MoreGrisly Hanging Deaths of Three Black Men in Two Weeks Hark Back to Terror of Lynchings Past
By Ebone Monet and Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Author and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a staunch crusader against lynching at the turn of the last century, would probably be deeply concerned about the recent hanging deaths of two Black men in California and another in New York. Wells-Barnett (July 16,…
Read MoreFamily Hires Douglas/Hicks Law Firm
Los Angeles, CA – The family of a 24-year Black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale on Jun. 10 has announced they will seek an independent investigation and autopsy to determine the cause of death. Robert Fuller’s family has hired attorney Jamon R. Hicks with Douglas/Hicks Law to oversee an independent investigation into…
Read MoreCalifornia Assembly Passes Bill to Set Up Reparations Task Force
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media On June 12, the California Assembly voted 61-12 to approve AB 3121. The “reparations” bill calls for the creation of a task force to study and propose ideas for how African Americans in California can be compensated for slavery and its “after lives,” as the…
Read MoreAddress Racial Prejudice Immediately To Help Jurors Rise Above It
Editor’s Note: Race matters. Race matters, and especially the Black race, because of the systemic, institutionalized, disenfranchisement of the Black race which has been intentionally brutalized and criminalized simply for being Black in America and its system of racial prejudice which is alive and well in its criminal justice system. As it is the…
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