Though I did not know his name until today, Heinz Edelman has been one of my artistic heroes for decades. He was the illustrator and designer who made the visual landscape of the animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine. Heinz Edelman has died at age 75. The movie’s mod-psychedelic look, which typifies the era’s spirited graphic [...]
Archive | July, 2009
Still Outraged over the Valley Swim Club Segregationists? Ask AG Holder to Investigate
Glad I checked my RSS feeds tonight and tuned into the Jack & Jill Politics coverage of the Valley Swim Club incident. I found Cheryl Contee’s post with the video above (“Hi, my name is Elon James White and I’m broadcasting from 1952…”), and I found the ColorOfChange.org call for letters asking Attorney General Eric [...]
It’s a Good Week for Old School Racism
Pool Boots Kids Who Might “Change the Complexion” | NBC Philadelphia. I had a knot in my stomach and could not sleep last night after watching those three white punks go after Jay Phillips. But telling over 60 kids that they are not welcome at a swimming pool that they have paid to use is [...]
Racially Motivated Attack in Courtenay, BC
I came across this chilling report via Kulpreet on Twitter: The original YouTube video of the racist scumbags attacking the Black man, Jay Phillips, is here. I am glad to find the CBC reporting that the attackers have been charged: Three men have now been charged with assault in an attack on Vancouver Island that [...]
July 4, 1964
July 4, 1964 was the last time Julia Dobbins saw her brother, JoEd Edwards. Eight days later, he went missing. Rumors were that the Klan took away the 21-year-old Black man and murdered him. His mother died in 1990 never having learned what truly happened to her son. July 4, 1964 was the thirteenth day [...]
Possible Government Accountability for 1964 Racial Murders
Jerry Mitchell reports that US District Judge Tom Lee will allow a lawsuit to go forward that could break new ground on holding Mississippi government accountable for the murders of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore. The lawsuit has been filed against Franklin County, MS, by Moore’s brother Thomas and Dee’s sister Thelma Collins. [...]
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