It is hard to stand up for many black men to support Bill Cosby in light of the sheer weight of the unanswered allegations. Click on the link to read more.
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National Urban League President & CEO Marc Morial discusses with web series host Jeff Johnson the State of Black America as it relates to the War on Poverty. Launched 50 years ago by President Johnson, how far have we really come, what issues are we facing today, and what can be done?
Click on the link below to take a quiz created by professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root’s editor-in-chief, to test your knowledge of African, European and Native American ancestry in the U.S.
Ava DuVernay’s movie was not nominated in the Best Director category at this year’s Oscar’s. What message does this send? Click on the link below to read more.
David A. Love is a writer and human rights advocate based in Philadelphia. He is the Executive Editor of BlackCommentator.com, a contributor to theGrio, The Progressive, The Huffington Post and The Guardian. David writes on matters of politics, race, criminal justice, civil rights and human rights.
David has extensive experience working on prisoners’ rights, police brutality, voting rights and other issues, and has lectured around the world on the human rights challenges facing the U.S. Previously, David was the Executive Director of Witness to Innocence, a national nonprofit organization of exonerated former U.S. death row prisoners and their families. He also served as the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, working with state legislators in the Pennsylvania General Assembly on prison reform and alternatives to incarceration, racial inequities in healthcare, hate crimes and the disparate impact of cuts to public education on poor communities.
David received a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Harvard College. He also received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a certificate in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, with a specialization in minority group rights. David also served as law clerk to two federal judges.
During our conversation, David shared about the following topics:
– Where his love for social justice came from
– The start, where it is at and the future of #BlackLivesMatter movement
– What non-blacks and blacks are telling him about the #BlackLivesMatters movement
– His thoughts on if there is a divide between younger and older Black Americans
– The conservative backlash against police brutality accusations and the American justice system
– His concerns about the growing conservative moment’s effect on #BlackLivesMatter and the criminal justice system
– How successful are conservatives trying to attract Latin American support
– The remaining days of Barack Obama as president of the United States
– the need for change in following areas: the grand jury system, prosecuters being put in jail, diversifying the legal profession, removing the impact of money out on the political system, decriminalization of drugs
– His message to non-black and black America
Movies like The Help, with white protagonists, get lots of recognition, while cinematic classics like Do the Right Thing and Lumumba don’t get their due. Click on the link below to read more.
