The now-famous park is on land where neighborhoods like Seneca Village once stood. Seneca Village, a predominantly Black town, was located on about 40 acres of land between West 82nd and West 89th Streets at Central Park West. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the community forming in 1825. Continue reading 200 Years Later: The Black Neighborhood Destroyed to Create Central Park
Bridges’ legacy as a civil rights activist began when she was 6 years old and helped desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. It was an honor to sit down with her. Continue reading Ruby Bridges describes to Randi what it’s like to live Black history
In 1908, from Aug. 14 to 16, a mob of about 5,000 white people stormed Black neighborhoods to find and lynch two Black men. Continue reading Illinois Senators call for monument of a 1908 riot that launched the NAACP
The students voted for reparations in multiple forms, including preferential admission for descendants of enslaved people, direct payments to descendants and targeted investments in Black communities, according to the Undergraduate Council of Students. Continue reading Undergraduates at Brown vote for university to offer reparations
In the weeks since the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, at least 13 states have taken up legislation to crack down on protests. Continue reading States revive push to crack down on protests after Capitol riot
Survivors never received government assistance or restitution for their losses. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on the issue May 19 in which three remaining known survivors, experts and advocates called on Congress to issue reparations to the living survivors and all descendants to rectify the lasting impact of the massacre. Continue reading Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 years later: Why it happened and why it’s still relevant today
Randi Richardson 