In the July 2020 edition of Noire News I discuss the UNICEF lead exposure report, the LAPD's expansion of the CSP, mental health support for police officers, and how distractions are undermining the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/july-2020-noire-news.
A profile of Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator who founded part of what would become Bethune-Cookman College and an activist who served as an advisor to several presidents.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/mary-mcleod-bethune.
A review of the book "There Are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz which tells the story of residents of Chicago’s Henry Horner projects during the 1980s.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/there-are-no-children-here-book-review.
A profile of the Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teens who were falsely accused and convicted of rape resulting in Supreme Court rulings that set precedence for future civil rights cases.
Show notes and sources are available http://noirehistoir.com/blog/scottsboro-boys.
A review of the movie "In the Heat of the Night", a 1967 murder mystery set in a Southern town that is investigated by a Northern Black homicide detective.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/in-the-heat-of-the-night-movie-review.
A profile of Harriet Tubman's later life covering her life after escaping to freedom, time as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and service in the Union Army.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/harriet-tubman.
In the June 2020 edition of Noire News I’ll be discussing June’s protests, some good news, and memorializing a few Black people who passed away this month.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/june-2020-noire-news.
A profile of Harriet Tubman's early life covering her childhood to the events that motivated her to escape from slavery in her late 20s.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/harriet-tubman.
A profile of the Reconstruction Era which began a few years before the end of the American Civil War and extended to about a decade after its end.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/reconstruction-era.