Lit candles for Kwanzaa celebration Over 100 San Quentin residents ushered in Kwanzaa 2019 with a night of enlightening and culturally relevant speeches and inspiring performances. The speakers and performers focused on uplifting African and … [Read more...]
Highlighting an early Californian abolitionist
Mary Ellen Pleasant The Southern States are the usual focus of discussions about African American freedom struggles before the Civil War. But California had its own prewar struggle against racism and slavery. Unlike Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., … [Read more...]
Removal of books from prison library seen as attempt to censor black history
The Danville Correctional Center in Illinois has removed more than 200 books from its library, volunteers from the Education Justice Project and Illinois Public Media confirmed. The books were removed from a library in the facility’s education … [Read more...]