Former Klansman Who Apologized for Racist Past Dies
Elwin Wilson apologized for beating Rep. John Lewis at a bus station some 50 years ago
2013-04-01
Dana Ford CNN
(CNN) -- He'd said his daddy always told him that a fool never changes his mind. And Elwin Wilson didn't want to be a fool. Wilson, a former Ku Klux Klan member who apologized for his racist past and specifically for beating a black man who went on to become a U.S. congressman, has died. He was 76. Read the complete article
Freedom Trail Marker Unveiled In Greenwood
Commemorating the “Black Power” speech by Civil Rights activist Stokely Carmichael
2013-02-28
The Mississippi Freedom Trail this week unveiled a marker commemorating the “Black Power” speech by Civil Rights activist Stokely Carmichael. Read the complete article
Can the Black Power Movement of the 60s Teach Us About Today?
Many similarities connect our current issues to the past
2013-02-28
As we looked through the Black Panther files – and a separate box with nothing but photographs that had been part of the surveillance effort – we were struck by report after report that clearly showed the tension and fear between police and the Black community in the late 1960s, though the 1970s and into the 80s, when these particular files seemed to peter out.
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Black Liberation by Walidah Imarisha
The movement was intricately tied to the Third World Liberation Movement internationally
2013-02-28
Lisa Loving of The Skanner News
Walidah Imarisha says that in many ways, the current anti-terrorism tactics are simply COINTELPRO. The Black Liberation Movement was intricately tied to, influenced by and also influence the Third World Liberation Movement nationally and internationally. Read the complete article
Hasan Salaam Speaks on the History of Black Music
‘Our music has been ... the soundtrack to our struggle and the blueprint to our freedom’
2013-02-28
Bruce Poinsette of The Skanner News
When Hasan Salaam thinks about the history of Black music, he relates it back to Okinawan martial arts. The style, practiced by the indigenous people on the Japanese colonized Okinawan Islands, was banned so it had to be practiced in secret. They would it look like a dance and fashion their weapons from common household and farming tools. By practicing in secret, indigenous people were preparing themselves for the day when they could rise up against their colonizers.
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What to Read: A Black Panthers Book List
The Party gave voice to disadvantaged and isolated African Americans
2013-02-28
All the best books about the Black Panthers. In the 1960s, the Nation of Islam and the Black Panther Party gave voice to many economically disadvantaged and politically isolated African Americans, especially outside the South Read the complete article
Be Heard: NewsHour Collects Oral Histories of Voting Rights Act
As the Supreme Court hears case challenging the historic legislation, PBS gathers personal stories of its passage
2013-02-27
Lisa Loving Of The Skanner News
As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the debate on whether to preserve the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a national news organization is taking a bold step in covering the debate: They’re asking Americans to share their stories of the historic legislation’s passage. Read the complete article
VIDEO: Rosa Parks Statue Unveiled in the U.S. Capitol
The 9-foot bronze statue is the only full-length statue of an African American in the Capitol
2013-02-27
Of The Skanner News
This morning, President Obama and congressional leaders helped unveil her statue to stand in the U.S. Capitol as a permanent honor. Read the complete article
Community Invited to Participate in 2013 Vanport Oral History Film Festival
Former Vanport residents and their families meet with NPMTC videographers to record oral history
2013-02-13
The North Portland Multimedia Training Center (NPMTC), a project of The Skanner Foundation, announces its 2013 Vanport Oral History Film Festival Read the complete article
Jesse Jackson, Sr.: The ‘Rainbow PUSH Wall St. Project’ Interview
'We are not in a post racial society. We are a multi-racial society and substantially racist'
2013-01-28
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
'We just got through the political agenda with the inauguration of President Obama. Now, we have to deal with the economic agenda' Read the complete article
