- 1. 6 True Crime Podcasts Hosted by Women to Add to Your Queue Right Now
- (Entertainment)
- ... did a few episodes in honor of Black History Month and covered the murder of revolutionary Fred Hampton as well as the topic of lynching and the atrocities committed against Black Americans after the abolishment ...
- Created on 31 January 2023
- 2. 7 Best Biopics About Women to Watch When You Need to Feel Inspired (and 1 For When You Don't
- (Movies)
- ... song with lyrics relating to the lynching of Black Americans in the south. Since they can’t legally charge her for her song lyrics, the government targeted her drug use in an attempt to put away the jazz ...
- Created on 30 November 2022
- 3. 6 Women-Directed Horror Thrillers to Fulfill All of Your Spooky Season Cravings
- (Movies)
- ... Daniel Robitaille (Tony Todd) provides a different origin story dating back to a 19th-century interracial affair that resulted in his lynching. Legend has it that if you say “Candyman” five times in a ...
- Created on 01 October 2021
- 4. Say Their Name: "My Name is Pauli Murray" Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Talk About the Amazing Life of the Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, and Gender-Bending Episcopal Priest, and Their Impact on ...
- (Feminism)
- ... up enough against lynchings that were going on. And Pauli and Eleanor established this friendship that was quite close. And yet when in 1943, FDR had what Pauli considered to be a kind of mealy-mouth reactio ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 5. Black Monuments Matter: Journalist and Civil-Rights Activist Ida B. Wells Gets Statue in Downtown Memphis
- (Feminism)
- Nearly 130 years ago famed journalist and civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells was driven out of Memphis for reporting on the lynching of three Black men; a statue of the former resident will be unveiled ...
- Created on 14 July 2021
- 6. Does "The U.S. vs Billie Holiday" Give Holiday’s Legacy The Justice It Deserves?
- (Movies)
- ... uplifts Holiday and her anti-lynching anthem "Strange Fruit" as essential precursors to what would eventually become the Civil Rights Movement. Her musical activism fortifies her as an official target of ...
- Created on 04 March 2021
- 7. Andra Day Reveals Why She Required Months of Forced Rest After Making The US vs. Billie Holiday: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... but it was her 1939 anti-lynching protest song “Strange Fruit,” which helped galvanize the civil rights movement, that made her a prime target. The United States vs. Billie Holiday, available on Hulu, ...
- Created on 01 March 2021
- 8. Nikole Hannah-Jones on "The 1619 Project's" Genesis, Backlash And What's N
- (Feminism)
- ... is not something that we’re still grappling with’—we all witnessed the lynching of a Black man on national television in the year 2020. And, once again, Black people had to take to the streets and use ...
- Created on 14 January 2021
- 9. Exclusive Interview with Pioneering Educator Jane Elliott: Teaching and Understanding Race In 2020
- (Feminism)
- When Jane Elliott walked into her classroom in 1968, she introduced an exercise about racism that is still repeated all over the world. We caught up with the ground-breaking educator to discuss teaching ...
- Created on 16 October 2020
- 10. Today Is The 65th Anniversary of Emmett Till's Lynching—Days After The Shooting of Jacob Blak
- (Feminism)
- Today is the 65th anniversary of Emmett Till’s lynching. On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Chicagoan visiting family in Money, Mississippi, was violently lynched for allegedly flirting ...
- Created on 28 August 2020
- 11. Ida B. Wells To Be Honored In Art Installation At D.C. Union Station Next Week
- (Feminism)
- ... lynchings in America. Later in life, Wells founded the National Association of Colored Women’s Club, where she advocated for both civil rights and women’s suffrage, and openly confronted white women working ...
- Created on 21 August 2020
- 12. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... then, Illinois women had limited voting rights—only presidential and municipal elections—in 1913. Iconic suffragist, journalist, and anti-lynching advocate Ida B. Wells founded the Alpha Suffrage Club ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 13. “This Is A Moment of Possibility:” Angela Davis Appears On UK News Channel to Speak on Black Lives Matter Movement
- (Feminism)
- ... “For who knows how long, we’ve been calling for accountability for individual police officers responsible for what amounts to lynching...but under to code of the law," the author said. Davis noted that ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 14. Here Are The Women Winners Of The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes
- (Books)
- ... rights, exposing atrocities like lynching in the United States. The Board has pledged $50,000 in her name to continue working towards her mission. FINALISTS 1. Elizabeth Lucas for Investigative Reporting ...
- Created on 06 May 2020
- 15. “Bravo la Pédophilie”: Actress Adèle Haenel Walks out of César Film Awards After Roman Polanski Wins Best Director
- (Feminism)
- ... nominated 12 times this year but Polanski did not attend the ceremony because, “Activists are threatening me with a public lynching. Some have called for demonstrations, others are planning to make it ...
- Created on 02 March 2020
- 16. Jussie Smollett Attacked In Racist and Homophobic Hate Crime
- (General)
- ... words: .@JussieSmollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying for his quick recovery. This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their ...
- Created on 30 January 2019
- 17. Javier Bardem Calls Woody Allen "A Genius," Says He Would "Work With Him Tomorro
- (Feminism)
- ... Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page, Colin Firth, and Timothée Chalamet—to apologize for working with Allen. Bardem, apparently, will not join in what the Huffington Post reports he describes as a “public lynching" ...
- Created on 18 October 2018
- 18. How Civil Rights Activist Mary McLeod Bethune Revolutionized America
- (Feminism)
- ... children an education. ….This didn't go down well with the KKK. Now let’s be clear, this was not a good time to be a black person in Florida. Lynchings were a regular occurrence, with Florida going ...
- Created on 27 August 2018
- 19. “BlacKkKlansman” Draws A Direct Line From The KKK To Trump
- (Movies)
- ... of the lynching and murder of a black teenager named Jesse Washington in 1916. Lee contrasts this scene with the initiation of the new KKK members. That initiation includes a viewing of Birth of a Nation, ...
- Created on 10 August 2018
- 20. Charlie Rose Is Planning On Hosting A "#MeToo Redemption Series": Link Roundup
- (TV)
- ... on TBS.com. Lynching Memorial Opens In Montgomery, AL. Today, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened in Montgomery, Alabama, to honor almost 4,400 victims of lynching, including some never ...
- Created on 26 April 2018
