Trayvon Martin and the Criminality of Blackness
Trayvon Martin was not the first and will not be the last young black male in America to meet his end prematurely due to the alleged synchronous nature of criminality and blackness by those who are not black.
Free At Last, Happy Juneteenth!
On this day, June 19, 1865 the decree of freedom that the Emancipation Proclamation promised to black slaves in America was finally realized in Galveston, Texas. Not until two and half years later that Texas slaves were delivered the news that slavery in America had been abolished. Since that day, black Texans have celebrated the holiday of “Juneteenth”
