Race Plays Role in Lack of Media Coverage of Military Sexual Assaults (About)

Pvt. Lavena Johnson

….I hope you know who LaVena Johnson is. But I’m finding out that very few people do, as compared to Jamie Leigh Jones. There’s a couple of big differences as to why one woman’s story is virtually unknown, while the other was covered by Brian Ross and ABC News. Jamie Leigh Jones is white. She’s alive to tell her tale. LaVena Johnson is black. She’s been dead now for over three years. And until recently, very few people were speaking up for her….

Plans Underway to Developing Federally Recognized Gullah/Geechee Corridor (NPS)

….As part of the management planning process, the commission is seeking public and stakeholder input on how Gullah/Geechee resources, arts, and traditions should be preserved, interpreted, and managed in the future….

Michael Jackson Never Denied His Black Heritage (TWN)

Why I Cry for Michael Jackson (Portland Skanner)

….I cry not only because I will miss his music, his dancing, his giving and generous sprit, I cry because his death represents a very real and everyday tragedy among us–untreated mental illness….

Black Press Photographers Denied Access to Jackson Memorial (Carolina Peacemaker)

Millions of US Moms Know What’s Ahead for Katherine Jackson (Christian Science Monitor)

Philly Swim Club Forces Out Black Children (Huffington Post)

….more than 60 African-American campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club because — according to John Duesler, President of The Valley Swim Club — “there was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club”….

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