The new film, "La Manplesa," is a a deep and experimental dive into oral and communal history and memory, rooted around the 1991 uprisings in a Salvadoran neighborhood in Washington D.C. Details of virtual screening here: https://t.co/q5qxvd4qrH
At the 2022 DC History Conference, presenters will dive into more histories about leadership and activism in DC's Latinx communities.
More details about the program are coming soon. #DCHistCon#DCHistory@CindyCenteno
Nice interview here with @CarmenBolt about her research with @lwinling re the devastating impacts of freeways on urban communities. Glad to have her in our orbit!
Barbados will become a republic this week, replacing Queen Elizabeth as head of state.
British colonizers enslaved over 380,000 people to work on Barbados' sugar plantations. Sandra Mason, set to be the first president, said she wants to "fully leave our colonial past behind."
"I never thought this day would come, but God is good," Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, said after the verdict. "Thank you — thank you for those who marched, those who prayed." https://t.co/lQPUegl3fw
What we are witnessing is a system functioning as designed and protecting those it was designed for.
My heart still breaks for the communities and families whose grief now compounds, and the countless others who will be denied and deprived in similar scenes across the country.
Update from inside the Oklahoma State Capitol.
The crowd is growing larger and louder as the wait on @GovStitt to grant Jones clemency. #FreeJuliusJones@TheBlackTimesOK