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Compton, California, Is the Old Town Road for Black Urban CowboysBlack Girl Nerds
20 Nov 2020

Compton, California, Is the Old Town Road for Black Urban Cowboys
Black Girl Nerds

by Diedre Johnson | posted in: Articles, Online | 0

Book Review by Diedre Johnson for Black Girl Nerds   New York Times reporter Walter Thompson-Hernandez’s The Compton Cowboys is both a skilled insider’s look at a community of cowboys in the most unlikely of places and a homage to … Continued

Civil Rights, Compton, cowboys
10 CIVIL RIGHTS ERA BOOKS THAT STILL RESONATEThe Crisis Magazine
19 Nov 2020

10 CIVIL RIGHTS ERA BOOKS THAT STILL RESONATE
The Crisis Magazine

by Diedre Johnson | posted in: Articles, Online | 0

By Diedre Johnson for The Crisis Magazine In the era of George Floyd protests, media outlets have been curating lists of what they think should be read to understand the Black experience and dismantle systemic racism. Many of the books … Continued

books, Civil Rights, NAACP, race issues
New Film Explores John Lewis in Good Trouble THE CRISIS
17 Nov 2020

New Film Explores John Lewis in Good Trouble
THE CRISIS

by Diedre Johnson | posted in: Articles, Online | 0

By Diedre Johnson for The Crisis Magazine John Lewis: Good Trouble isn’t filmmaker Dawn Porter’s first documentary but just may be the first set to debut with such perfect timing. The tragic, preventable deaths of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Breonna … Continued

Civil Rights, John Lewis, Politics, The Crisis, Voting

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