Tag: civil rights

Afua Richardson’s work takes her from superheroes to civil rights

Comic book artist Afua Richardson, the illustrator on John Lewis’ new graphic novel “Run”

Five Iconic African-American Biographies for Kids #BlackHistoryMonth

Read at NYTimes.com.

Cover of The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia  Levinson, Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton

Cover of The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson, Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton

Coretta Scott King’s 1986 Letter Protesting Jeff Sessions #BlackHistoryMonth

CLICK HERE TO READ.

Coretta Scott King standing with a portrait of her late husband, minister, and activist Martin Luther King, Jr. -Source: Wikimedia Commons

Coretta Scott King standing with a portrait of her late husband, minister, and activist Martin Luther King, Jr. – Source: Wikimedia Commons

Ahmed Mohamed’s Family Files Federal Civil Rights Suit

LINK: Alleges City of Irving and the Irving school district singled child out because he was a Muslim

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Eddie Mabo: Google Doodle Celebrates Australian Indigenous Rights Hero

LINK: Mabo wouldhave been 80 today

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Recode: A talk with .@deray Mckesson & Twitter’s CEO

LINK: Peter Kafka interviews the Twitter CEO and the #BlackLivesMatter activist

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When “X-Men: Apocalypse” fails its heroes of color, it fails the “X-Men” spirit

LINK: Slate’s Nico Lang dissects the hideous corpse of Simon Kinberg’s latest Super!Fail

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Zuckerberg reprimands Facebook employees for defacing ‘Black Lives Matter’ slogan

LINK: Employees crossed out “Black Lives Matter” and wrote “All Lives Matter”

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Mumia Abu Jamal: Star Wars, Star Trek & American imperialism

LINK: Blerding Towards Enlightenment

#POCtober: Get To Know TANANARIVE DUE

Our lovely friend Tananarive Due is noted for her work in many fields, genres and media but for Dark Matters’ POCtober, we want to draw your attention to her work in horror- on the page and on the screen.

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Here’s a profile of Tananarive in The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror

Check out her films, videos & more at Tananarive Due’s YouTube Channel
And have a look at Tananarive Due’s official blog: Reading Circle
And her website TananariveDue.com

Watch and read about the horror short she made with Steven Barnes: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes’ Horror Short ‘Danger Word’, an adaptation of their novel “Devil’s Wake”.

And finally take a listen to this in-depth interview Tananarive had with Farai Chideya for National Public Radio in 2006:

A Conversation with Tananarive Due PART ONE
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A Conversation with Tananarive DuePART TWO