The massacre began on May 31, 1921, when a white mob descended on Greenwood, a prosperous African American community. Historians believe as many as 300 black people were killed.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Angry white men refuse to be governed like the rest of us
When a child goes missing, you call the police. You don’t grab a gun and try to push your way into the wrong house.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: We’re not ‘all in this together,’ and we never were
Want proof? Consider the benign response to the descent on Michigan’s statehouse by an armed, white anti-lockdown mob.
Posted inMaine
Newly released data suggest ‘alarming’ racial disparity among Maine’s COVID-19 cases
African Americans account for 1.7% of the state’s population but 3.7% of the state’s infections. The state CDC director says, ‘These disparities are concerning.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: A real world is out there. It invites our attention
Campaigns – for president and Congress – are not bothering to acknowledge our critical situation or address its causes and remedies.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Lessons from World War II still not learned
As columnist Leonard Pitts noted, some of us will never be American enough for some bigots.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Some of us will never be ‘American’ enough to satisfy the bigots
Americans of Asian heritage have no obligation to prove themselves to those who beat and spit upon them.
Posted inNation & World, News
Darius Swann, who fought for school integration, dies at 95
A man whose challenge to the notion of segregated public schools helped spark the use of busing to integrate schools has died at his Virginia home.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Black youth of Maine disproportionately targeted for mass incarceration
Black History Month serves as a reminder to not only reflect on the harm done but also to take action – starting with closing Long Creek.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: What Michael Bloomberg will never understand
We need a leader who will work with those affected by greed, racism and sexism instead of discounting, dismissing or silencing them.