Source: Gado / Getty Free speech in America has never fully belonged to Black Americans. The tools used to silence us have changed in how they appear over time, but the logic underneath them hasn’t. In 1740, the South Carolina Negro Act codified white supremacy and made it a crime to teach an enslaved Black […]
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Black Journalists Are Under Attack, And Howard Students Are Rethinking Their Future In The Industry
Source: Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty The debate about the future of Black journalism is already happening in newsrooms, press freedom panels, and professional organizations, but the next generation of Black journalists still in training has largely been missing from the conversation. Across the country, media organizations and press freedom advocates have raised alarms about what […]
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Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Related To Church Protest In Case That Could Determine Future Of Free Press
Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty Anyone who is interested in the preservation of the First Amendment and the free press should be paying close attention to what happens in the federal government’s case against Don Lemon, who was arrested late last month over his coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted the Sunday service at a […]
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