by lindaoppenheim | Aug 15, 2017 | Article
The New York Times lists books to help parents talk to their children about racism and anti-Semitism and those who stood up against oppression. See the article here.
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 2, 2017 | Call to Action, Events, Uncategorized
I Am Not Your Negro , an Academy Award-nominated film by Raoul Peck, is an up-to-the-minute examination of race in America. It will be in some theaters on February 3. Here is the trailer. In his New York Times review, A.O. Scott writes “Whatever you think about...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 18, 2016 | Opinion
Liz Spayd gives details illustrating that despite instructions to both corporate and news leaders of the newspaper to diversify their staffs, the New York Times still has a long way to go until that becomes a reality. CNN’s Tanzina Vega offers a ten-point plan...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 2, 2016 | Article
According to the analyses of political tumult in the United States and Great Britain that Amanda Taub reviews, “national and racial identity were often conflated for the white majority. . . and now it seems under threat.”
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 21, 2016 | Article
Nicholas Fandos calls the efforts to maintain the Mount Zion Cemetery in Washington, D.C., which is on the National Register of Historic Places, “a case study in the difficulty of preserving black history.”