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Born in a shotgun-style house on this stretch of land in 1871 and 1873, respectively, the Johnson brothers grew up in the Lavilla area of Jacksonville, Florida. Their home life was full of music and literature, and the brothers each became proficient in the arts—James Weldon was a writer, a key figure in the NAACP, […]
In Resist, award-winning journalist Rita Omokha charts the last century of civil rights activism, from the early years of renowned activist Ella Baker and others she inspired, to the first glimpse of allyship in the Bates Seven and a renewed examination of the Black Panther Party, all the way to the current generation of young […]
US authorities are investigating racist text messages sent anonymously to black Americans across the country this week telling them they should be enslaved, prompting widespread condemnations as well as warnings. The NAACP civil rights group said the messages urged recipients in multiple states, including Alabama, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia, to report to a plantation […]