Modern day lynching? Black America vs white police
For many black Americans, the election of their first black president signalled an end to the bad, old racist days and a beginning of the …
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Maya Angelou – the most banned author in the US
Since Angelou’s first book was published in 1969, the bestselling, highly acclaimed autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, conservative school officials and parent’s …
The Harlem gentrification: From black to white
Something is changing in New York’ s Harlem and other black neighbourhoods, and it is all to do with the gentrification of the once predominantly …
How the 1964 Civil Rights Act cost Black America
Who could have foreseen that the passing of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 – which outlawed racial segregation – would spark an exodus …
USA: The brigade against Black History Month
If Morgan Freeman, the Oscar-winning African-American actor, had his way there would be no Black History Month in the USA. “Ridiculous” is how Freeman, who …
Diaspora: Lincoln did not free the slaves
Steven Spielberg’s new film, Lincoln, may have won a clutch of gongs at the 85th Academy Awards (otherwise known as the Oscars), which were being …