Author: dientedeleon21

On the spectre of anti-black violence, and raising sons.
— Read on www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/the-trayvon-generation

Demands for racial equity and justice have always been part of the American story.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/lifestyle/magazine/the-endless-call-for-racial-equity-and-justice-in-photos-and-quotes/

“The problem is the way policing was built,” historian Khalil Muhammad says.
— Read on www.vox.com/2020/6/6/21280643/police-brutality-violence-protests-racism-khalil-muhammad

Now a professor at University of California, Santa Cruz, Angela Davis has written 9 books, each offering enlightening prose on feminism, racism, and more.
— Read on www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/g32803115/angela-davis-books/

We must get it right this time or risk losing our democracy forever.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/opinion/george-floyd-protests-race.html

In 1912, white mobs set fire to black churches and black-owned businesses. Author Patrick Phillips revisits the incident in his book, Blood at the Root. Originally broadcast Sept. 15, 2016.
— Read on www.npr.org/2017/12/08/569156832/the-racial-cleansing-that-drove-1-100-black-residents-out-of-forsyth-county-ga

Racial Equity in Planning Organizations: Journal of the American Planning Association: Vol 0, No 0
— Read on www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01944363.2020.1742189

Breonna Taylor, Police Brutality, and Black Women’s Historic Demands for Justice – Association of Black Women Historians
— Read on abwh.org/2020/06/03/breonna-taylor-police-brutality-and-black-womens-historic-demands-for-justice/

How slavery became the building block of the American economy – Vox
— Read on www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2019/8/16/20806069/slavery-economy-capitalism-violence-cotton-edward-baptist

Aggregate – Race, Planning, and the American City
— Read on www.we-aggregate.org/piece/race-planning-and-the-american-city