by lindaoppenheim | Jul 16, 2023 | Website
A collaboration of news organizations across New Jersey is examining segregation in the state’s schools, both on a statewide basis and in individual cities and towns. This site compiles reports from nearly a dozen news partners tell the stories of their communities,...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 1, 2023 | Website
A new website allows New Jerseyans to review de-identified information on arrests in New Jersey from 2017 to 2022, including: Warrants Charges Dispositions Restitution Fines Demographic data The Criminal Justice Data Dashboard allows visitors to navigate charts and...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 22, 2020 | Article, Website
Following on its 1619 project, the New York Times presents brief commentaries from “prominent black artists on the work that inspires them most. . . .Kerry Washington on Beyoncé, Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kendrick Lamar, Oprah Winfrey on Toni Morrison, Issa Rae on...
by lindaoppenheim | May 26, 2019 | Documents, Website
The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently debuted an online database of more than 500 court cases in which enslaved persons had sued to gain their freedom. The project collected, digitized, and makes accessible...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 25, 2019 | Article, history, Website
“Massachusetts was the first [colony] to legalize slavery, in 1641. Even before then, merchants in the Massachusetts Bay Colony had enslaved Native Americans, and by 1638 were bartering them for Africans in the West Indies. The slave trade grew from there and...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 23, 2019 | Website
As we approach February and Black History Month, we’re highlighting the African American Literature Book Club. Founder and webmaster Troy Johnson compiles Books, Authors, Events, Resources, Discussion, Blog, Book Club, and Articles to help you fill in the gaps...
