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Mother Sues Florida School Board over Police Handcuffing of Her Kindergartner

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 07. Apr, 2009 in breaking news, children, civil rights, race and racism

You may remember the story of Ja’eisha Scott. It broke almost exactly four years ago. A Black kindergarten girl in Pinellas County, Florida had a tantrum in school. The school decided the best way to handle it was to call the police and request that the girl be charged and arrested. St. Petersburg Police officers [...]

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Eyes on the Prize

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 10. Nov, 2008 in civil rights, election, friends, glbt, human rights, podcast, politics, race and racism, Weblogs, women and feminism

This is Nicole. She is one of the many talented photographers whose work I follow on flickr. The same night that the country voted for a Black president, majorities of voters voted against gay families and the rights of gay people in California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas. Nicole is angry and so am I. We [...]

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Barack Obama for the Generations

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 07. Nov, 2008 in civil rights movement, class and poverty, election, friends, hungry blues, john due, labor movement, politics, race and racism, southwest ms, women and feminism

Our election of Barack Obama to be President of the United States of America has been filling me with overwhelming emotions. As it has been doing for so many people. It has been hard to put any of this into words. For me it begins with my being a child of the Civil Rights Movement. [...]

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