Cultural Fluency: Black / African American

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Collecting initiatives of materials related to events in or in the name of Ferguson, Shaw, and #BlackLivesMatter in the greater St. Louis metro area

Films On Demand. 57 min.

Films Media Group, 2015. 56 min.
Viewer discretion is advised. This video contains violent images.

FactTank. Pew Research Center.
Findings are based on a Pew Research Center survey conducted by Pew Feb. 29-May 8, 2016.

"As of July 27, 2018, a 2016 report, data set, and map have been updated as additions and removals Confederate symbols are reported to and vetted by the SPLC. The SPLC identifies 113 Confederate symbols that have been removed since the Charleston attack and 1,740 that still stand."

"Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the primary purpose of this documentary project was to record and preserve the living memory of African American life during the age of legal segregation in the American South, from the 1890s to the 1950s.
One hundred of the interviews have been digitized and made available on this site, with transcripts, totaling about 175 hours of recordings and 10,000 pages of text. The recordings and transcripts are also available through iTunes U, accessible via any computer with iTunes software installed."

Documenting Ferguson is a freely available resource that seeks to preserve and make accessible the digital media captured and created by community members following the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014. Our project has the ultimate goal of providing diverse perspectives on the events in Ferguson and the resulting social dialogue.

"As proclaimed by the U.N. General Assembly, the theme for the International Decade is “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development.”"

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, with two conservative justices joining liberals in rejecting a Republican-led effort to weaken a landmark voting rights law.
Mark Sherman AP News June 8, 2023

Black babies are more likely to die as infants or be born prematurely in America. And Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. From birth to death, generations of Black Americans have endured alarming health inequities fueled by structural racism.
Wong Maye-e AP News May 23, 2023

The College Board says changes will be made to its new AP African American studies course, after critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life.
Cheyanne Mumphrey AP News April 25, 2023

The official curriculum for the course, released Wednesday by the College Board, downplays some components that had drawn criticism from DeSantis and other conservatives. Topics including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life are not part of the exam. Instead, they are included only on a sample list states and school systems can choose from for student projects.
Cheyanne Mumphrey and Sharon Lurye AP News February 1, 2023

A St. Louis doula program, part of a nonprofit that received funding in the $1.7 trillion federal budget bill, looks for solutions in a benefit largely associated with affluent white women.

Black unemployment fell quickly after the initial pandemic downturn. But as the Federal Reserve fights inflation, those gains could be eroded.

Justice Jackson, 51, was confirmed in April, when the Senate voted 53 to 47 on her nomination. She is replacing Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 83, who stepped down with the conclusion of the court’s current term.
Annie Karni The New York Times June 30, 2022

A historian marks the 200th birthday of a fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad with a visit to her birthplace, only to learn how climate change is washing away memories of “the ultimate outdoors woman.”

As young girls, the Relf sisters were sterilized without consent. What does the government owe them — and the thousands of other living victims?

New Orleans city officials allowed developers to build homes on land contaminated with chemicals linked to cancer. They didn’t tell the people who moved in.
The saga of 57 families living on the former Agriculture Street Landfill in the Gordon Plaza housing subdivision is considered by many to be one of the worst examples of environmental injustice in the United States.

After more than a year of virtual work, employers are making plans to get back to the physical workplace. That has many workers worrying about the return of microaggressions and bias, too.

Academics believe that increases in the number of Americans familiar with the holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., may be a result of last summer’s protests against racism.

As many as 300 people were killed in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Greenwood district of Tulsa, a thriving Black community, and burned it to the ground.

A new report by McKinsey and Company has provided the first comprehensive analysis of the experience of Black professionals in corporate America.

Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building.
by Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien Jan. 14, 5:30 a.m. EST

"The Defender will continue its digital operation, according to Hiram E. Jackson, chief executive of Real Times Media, which owns The Defender and other black newspapers around the country. He said the move would allow the news organization to adapt to a fast-changing, highly-challenging media environment that has upended the entire newspaper industry."

The museum was dedicated on Saturday, September 24, 2016.

"The Austin Area Urban League, incorporated on August 12, 1977, stands proudly as it takes its place among the 115 affiliates of the National Urban League. Although 34 years have passed since its creation, the Austin Area Urban League continues to hold fast to our original mission; one which guides our outreach, programming, partnerships and advocacy. We envision a community in which all citizens are free from barriers to education, economic and social success."

"The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination."

"Founded in 1982 | The Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce (CCAACC) is an advocate for the creation, growth and general welfare of African American businesses in the Austin area."

"The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is dedicated to the collection, preservation, research and exhibition of African-American historical and cultural material. The museum offers gallery exhibits, programs, classes, spring break and summer camps, theater productions and a genealogy center."

"Members of our organization provide opportunities for professional development that enrich higher education personnel and improve the quality of our career growth."