Author: dientedeleon21

Henry Ford believed that a square dancing renaissance would counteract what he saw as the unwholesome influence of jazz on America.
— Read on qz.com/1153516/americas-wholesome-square-dancing-tradition-is-a-tool-of-white-supremacy/amp/

Coronavirus and cities: What urbanists don’t get about COVID-19 – Curbed
— Read on www.curbed.com/platform/amp/2020/5/20/21263319/coronavirus-future-city-urban-covid-19

The taking of black-owned land is a common story throughout the history of the United States. In Miami, one community that was displaced with little notice
— Read on www.wlrn.org/post/miami-and-county-school-board-destroyed-black-community-build-whites-only-school

After President Trump’s executive order, meat plants are reopening. Can they do so without endangering their low-wage workers and their communities?
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/business/economy/coronavirus-tyson-plant-iowa.html

Ole Missus vs. Mammy: Who Owns Southern Food? – VICE
— Read on www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/xym7wj/ole-missus-vs-mammy-who-owns-southern-food

The Forgotten Baldwin from Boston Review. James Baldwin’s book about the Atlanta child murders speaks best to the era of Black Lives Matter.
— Read on bostonreview.net/race/joseph-vogel-forgotten-baldwin

Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga
— Read on www.thenation.com/article/culture/sarah-broom-yellow-house-book-review/tnamp/

A deeply researched and rigorously argued account of the public-private partnership that replaced redlining with even more predatory and destructive practices.

— Read on www.pulitzer.org/

How ignorance, privilege, and anti-black racism is driving white protesters to risk their lives.
— Read on www.vox.com/first-person/2020/4/25/21234774/coronavirus-covid-19-protest-anti-lockdown

America’s response to the pandemic harkens back to ugly times in our country’s history. But to recognize that, we need to know our elders’ stories.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/we-are-losing-generation-civil-rights-memories/610396/