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Uprooted: What a Black Community Lost When a Virginia University Grew ProPublica 9 December 2023
Uprooted: What a Black Community Lost When a Virginia University Grew video ProPublica 9 December 2023
This short documentary reveals a Black community’s decadeslong battle to hold onto their land as officials in Newport News, Virginia, used eminent domain to establish and expand Christopher Newport University.
“Uprooted” is directed by Brandi Kellam, who grew up in the area and has spent more than two years investigating this story.
She reported the story with Louis Hansen of the Virginia Center for Investigative Reporting at WHRO.
It is produced by ProPublica’s Lisa Riordan Seville, with cinematography, editing and post-production by VCIJ’s Christopher Tyree and graphics by ProPublica’s Mauricio Rodríguez Pons.
Watch the documentary, and read all of ProPublica and VCIJ’s series, also called “Uprooted,” which explores how Virginia universities expanded by dislodging Black communities
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o80ENCqNFAc&t=4s
Living While Black, In Japan NPR 15 September 2021
Living While Black, In Japan | All Things Considered Video NPR 15 September 2021
In the wake of the 2020 killing of George Floyd,
African-Americans and others mounted ongoing street protests.
as profoundly as their families and friends back "home." one of the most homogeneous nations in the world. Despite being in a smaller minority in Japan than in their home country, they express feelings of safety and freedom.
Yet, racism in the U.S. still plays a role in their lives. In this short film, several African-Americans living in Japan discuss how their encounters with police and racism in the U.S. played into their decision to live abroad and how leaving the U.S. changed their perceptions of who they are and their connection to the country of their birth. YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMpxLmMnS6M
How racist propaganda inspired riots in America's biggest cities G August 21, 2021
Video The Guardian August 21, 2021
In 1915 the president, Woodrow Wilson, screened the movie Birth of a Nation at the White House – a film that depicts Black men as brutal people who desire white women.
Meanwhile white supremacist groups were writing school curriculums and news media were painting Black men as animalistic beings who attacked white women.
This set the scene for a week of racial violence targeting Black Americans in 1919, during which two American cities were left in chaos.
In Chicago it started with a Black man drowning after white people throw stones at him at a beach for infringing on their space.
It led to a confrontation between Black and white citizens, and escalated into white mobs going into Black communities to burn down homes and kill Black people. In Washington DC it started with a minor argument that turned into rape allegations against two Black men, which prompted white mobs to attack Black people in restaurants, trolleys and in their communities.
Dozens of Black people were killed during these riots, and few were held accountable.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pvZmfzWW90
When Love Transcends Prison Bars, A Couple Finds Each Other Through Letters NPR 3 April 2021
When Love Transcends Prison Bars, A Couple Finds Each Other Through Letters The Picture Show | NPR Video 3 April 2021
How do you tell the story of absence? How do you visualize the space occupied by longing? These were the challenges in creating Sheila & Joe, a film about two people separated by incarceration who met, fell in love and committed their lives to one another through letters.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mL7FaRDJRw
NYPD Said Killing of Kawaski Trawick Appeared “Justified.” Video Shows Officers Escalated Situation. ProPublica 4 December 2020
NYPD Said Killing of Kawaski Trawick Appeared “Justified.” Video Shows Officers Escalated Situation. Video ProPublica 4 December 2020
Footage shows the killing of the 32-year-old Black man in his home by a white officer — over the objections of his Black, more-experienced partner. Both officers are still on duty.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA2M5aOlX_4
Why The Olympics Punished Me For Protesting NYT 8 September 2020
Why The Olympics Punished Me For Protesting Video NYT Opinion 8 September 2020
In sports arenas around the world, taking a knee is no longer taboo — it’s trending. But there’s at least one place where protesting is still not allowed. The Olympic medal podium. In the video Op-Ed above, the track and field Olympian Gwen Berry confronts Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, over what she feels is his organization’s hypocrisy: Olympians are celebrated for their courage, drive and tenacity. But if they are spurred by those same traits to demand racial justice? That’s a punishable offense. On the podium at the 2019 Pan Am Games, Berry raised her fist. Then she paid for it. She was reprimanded by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and is now unsponsored. She is among the top hammer throwers in the world, but hasn’t received an athletic grant since protesting. Berry is a Black woman without a safety net defying a global organization that brought in $165 million in profits in 2018. Yet athletes like her — who often scrape by — are faced with an impossible dilemma: keep their mouths shut or jeopardize their career to fight for justice. Berry has fought to get to where she is today. She was raised by her grandmother in a household of 13 in Ferguson, Mo. After having a son at age 15, she earned a college scholarship and became a top hammer thrower. While training to qualify for the Olympics in 2016, she held down two jobs — working at Dick’s Sporting Goods during the day and delivering Insomnia Cookies at night — and helped support 10 extended-family members back home. Last month, Team USA formed a council to make recommendations on race and social justice. But Berry says as long as free speech is censored, volunteer committees are not enough. As for what she really wants? You’ll have to hear it from her in the video above. This time, she won’t be silenced. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as-4j9GauOk
I'm a Black Cowboy. This is My Story. NYT 5 August 2020
I'm a Black Cowboy. This is My Story. Video Op-Docs The New York Times 5 August 2020
Cowboys are among the most iconic figures of the American West. They’re mythologized as strong, independent people who live and die by their own terms on the frontier.
And in movies, the people who play them are mostly white.
But as with many elements of Americana, the idea of who cowboys are is actually whitewashed — scholars estimate that in the pioneer era, one in four cowboys were black.
The historian Quintard Taylor writes about how before then, enslaved people "were part of the expansion of the livestock industry into colonial South Carolina, passing their herding skills down through the generations and steadily across the Gulf Coast states to Texas." In Dillon Hayes's "All I Have to Offer You Is Me," we meet Larry Callies, who comes from a long line of cowboys. Growing up in Texas, Callies dreamed of becoming like Charley Pride, the first African-American inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
As with the cowboy, there’s an assumption of who makes up country music, despite its diverse history. The breakthrough of artists like Lil Nas X, Jimmie Allen and Kane Brown has returned attention to the contributions of black artists to the genre.
Callies’s journey shows what we lose when we don’t acknowledge the full breadth of history.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWlLNIGIbd0
What does it take for Black Americans to feel safe right now? NYT 2 July 2020
What does it take for Black Americans to feel safe right now? Video The New York Times 2 July 2020
For some, it’s owning a gun. Even if that’s not something they may have ever wanted to do.
In the video above, a chorus of Black voices from across the country — a schoolteacher in Oakland, Calif., a political strategist in Aurora, Colo., and others — have an urgent message: “Go buy a gun. Arm yourself. And just make sure you get some training.”
This is by no means the first time many Black Americans have felt the need to arm themselves for self-preservation.
But with a white couple pulling guns on Black Lives Matter protesters in St. Louis, right-wing extremists increasing attacks and co-opting rallies to advance their own messaging and half of Black Americans already feeling that they can’t trust the police to treat them equally, some Black Americans are saying they now have no choice but to exercise their Second Amendment right.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSqTKE5apxE
How a Police Encounter Turned Fatal: The Killing of Rayshard Brooks NYT 23 June 2020
How a Police Encounter Turned Fatal: The Killing of Rayshard Brooks Video Visual Investigations NYT 23 June 2020
The Times analyzed witness videos, police footage and official documents to identify the critical moments — and missteps — that led to the killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta on June 12. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11oIVO9SJU
She called police on him in Central Park. Hear his response CNN 27 May 2020
She called police on him in Central Park. Hear his response Video CNN 27 May 2020
Christian Cooper speaks with CNN's Don Lemon about the encounter he had with a white woman who called the police on him during an encounter involving her unleashed dog in Central Park.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d25HYk9Oms
What is Juneteenth – and should it be a federal holiday in the US?
G 18 June 2020
What is Juneteenth – and should it be a federal holiday in the US? Video G 18 June 2020
Every 19 June for more than 150 years African Americans across the US have celebrated freedom from slavery.
Guardian US reporter Kenya Evelyn explores the significance of Juneteenth, how celebrations have evolved over the years and looks at whether it is time for the holiday to receive federal recognition YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az6hJaNEbSU
'He Was Unarmed, but He Was Black.' My Son Ahmaud Arbery Was Murdered. NYT 10 June 2020
'He Was Unarmed, but He Was Black.' My Son Ahmaud Arbery Was Murdered. Video NYT Opinion The New York Times 10 June 2020
After Ahmaud Arbery was chased down and killed while he was jogging in Glynn County, Ga., investigators say, one of the white men accused of shooting him used a racial slur.
In the above video, Wanda Cooper-Jones, Mr. Arbery’s mother, demands that these men be prosecuted not just on charges of killing her son but also for targeting him because of his skin color.
Yet as it now stands, that can’t happen: Georgia is one of just four states in the country without a hate crime law.
Georgia lawmakers can change this. They’re going back into session next Monday, giving them the opportunity to decide whether to bring a hate crime bill up for a vote.
If we can’t stop these hate-inspired attacks, we can at least prosecute them for what they are.
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His Best Friend Was Killed By the Police. Now He's Running for Office NYT 9 June 2020
His Best Friend Was Killed By the Police. Now He's Running for Office Video NYT News The New York Times 9 June 2020
“If we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.” We followed a Minnesota organizer whose run for office has taken on new urgency since George Floyd’s death. YouTube
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Rev. Al Sharpton gives eulogy for George Floyd at memorial service CBSN 4 June 2020
Rev. Al Sharpton gives eulogy for George Floyd at memorial service Video CBSN 4 June 2020
Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a powerful eulogy at the Minneapolis memorial service for George Floyd. He said, "It's time for us to stand up in George's name and say, 'Get your knee off our necks!'" Watch his remarks. YouTube
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Hands up, don't shoot': how athletes have protested racial injustice in recent years G 3 June 2020
Hands up, don't shoot': how athletes have protested racial injustice in recent years Video G 3 June 2020
The sporting world has been echoing the global outrage over the death of George Floyd.
Throughout the past decade sport stars, and in particular black athletes, have been able to use their platform to speak out.
Here's a look at previous times they've called out racial injustice YouTube
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‘We’re Sick and Tired’: Voices From Minneapolis Protests NYT 31 May 2020
‘We’re Sick and Tired’: Voices From Minneapolis Protests Video NYT News The New York Times 31 May 2020
The death of George Floyd at the hands of the police set off days of protests in Minneapolis.
Demonstrators challenged a curfew on Saturday and took to the streets for the fifth day in a row. Here’s why.
Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments,
New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch. YouTube
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Video Shows New Angle Of George Floyd’s Arrest With Multiple Officers - GRAPHIC
Video Shows New Angle Of George Floyd’s Arrest With Multiple Officers NBC News NOW 29 May 2020 GRAPHIC VIDEO
Cell phone video appears to show George Floyd on the ground with three officers, while another officer stands next to a police vehicle.
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Retracing Ahmaud Arbery’s Final Minutes: What Videos And 911 Calls Show NYT 18 May 2020
Retracing Ahmaud Arbery’s Final Minutes: What Videos And 911 Calls Show Video NYT Visual Investigations The New York Times 18 May 2020
Using security footage, cellphone video, 911 calls and police reports, The Times has reconstructed the 12 minutes before Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead in Georgia on Feb. 23. YouTube
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