Black People

Being Black Still Barrier To Rural Cooperative Board Membership

June 1, 2016 John Farrell, www.ilsr.org Educate! Black People, Cooperatives, Race, South

By John Farrell for ILSR - In 32 years, little has changed for electric cooperatives in the South. A recent study published by The Rural Power Project shared results of a similar survey (of 313 cooperative boards) and found just 90 blacks among the 3,000 board members. This 4% proportion of African American board leadership is in states where the black population represents more than 22% of the total. The disparity is even higher between men and women, with men representing 90% of board members but only half the population.

Over 40 Years Afro-Americans Make Progress

May 18, 2016 Jesse J. Holland, www.newsobserver.com Educate! Black People, Race

By Jesse J. Holland for Associated Press - African-Americans are doing about the same as they have in previous years as the nation rises out of the Great Recession, and much better than they did when its first "State of Black America" report came out 40 years ago, the National Urban League said Tuesday. The new report, "Locked Out: Education, Jobs & Justice," looks at how blacks and Hispanics have been doing in the United States over the last few years and how they were doing in 1976, the year the National Urban League began issuing its annual report.

After Century In Decline, Black Farmers Are On The Rise

May 11, 2016 Leah Penniman, www.yesmagazine.org Create! Black People, Farming

By Leah Penniman for Yes! Magazine - A few years ago, while clearing dried broccoli stalks from the tired soil of our land at Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York, I received a cold call from Boston. On the other end was a Black woman, unknown to me, who wanted to share her story of trying to make it as a farmer. Through tears, she explained the discrimination and obstacles she faced in a training program she’d joined, as well as in gaining access to land and credit.

How We Misunderstand The History Of Black Protest

January 19, 2016 Juliet Hooker, www.truth-out.org Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black History, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Black People, US history

By Juliet Hooker for Truthout - As the Obama era draws to a close, Black protest has resurfaced in a decisive way with the Black Lives Matter movement (BLM), which burst into national consciousness with the protests in Ferguson following the killing of Michael Brown in 2014. Yet many commentators have criticized the Black Lives Matter movement for failing to emulate the nonviolent tactics and reconciliatory politics that supposedly characterized the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Austin While Black Documents Hidden Black Culture

May 29, 2015 Joneka Percentie, www.theculture.forharriet.com Educate! Austin, Black People, Racial Justice, Texas

For Harriet: What inspired you to start Austin While Black? Doyin: There was a lot of talk about gentrification in Austin late 2013 or 2014. There were a lot of articles about it and we were like, "Yeah there are not a lot of Black people in the city." We wanted to approach it from a journalistic video standpoint of "What is another part of the story?" and "Who are the Black people who are still here in Austin?" FH: Gentrification is so real. My family moved here to Charlotte seven years ago and I remember the area we lived in was not that nice at all, and now they have all of these fancy restaurants and ritzy things opening up. It's really weird. D: Is there a vegan restaurant nearby? That's another sign you've been gentrified. [laughs]

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