Under J. Edgar Hoover, the agency’s inaugural director, African Americans were hounded, targeted, discriminated against and treated with contempt. In the minds of many Blacks, little has changed over the years and the FBI is still considered “the enemy” or at least, “not a friend.”
On Thursday, the University of Tennessee School of Law hosted a panel as a part of their Critical Conversations series that focuses on race and social issues. This panel, titled Critical Conversations: Race, Children, and Police in Knox County Schools, comes considering the recent protest over the death of 17-year-old Anthony Thompson Jr.
KPD officer Jonathan Clabough fatally shot Anthony Thompson Jr. at Austin-East High School last week. Last night, District Attorney General Charme Allen announced that they would not be filing charges against officer Clabough, prompting protests in downtown Knoxville.
For the panel, over 200 attended. A moment of silence was held at the start for both Anthony Thompson Jr. and his family. The panel was hosted by Professor of Law Wendy Bach as well as a group of students at the School of Law. They moderated the chat and provided questions to the speakers from the audience.
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“Bringing Israel Home,” a new digital series, features live-at-home cooking featuring 5-time James Beard award-winning chef Michael Solomonov. Chef Solomonov will visit with friends and prominent Israelis, who will share their takes on Israeli food culture. Live in his home kitchen, Solomonov will cook a mix of new and signature dishes and answer questions. Recipes will be available to viewers in collaboration with Jewish Food Society, here. Watch on Vimeo.Find out more »
May 2021 May 5 , 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
UJA-Federation and The Jewish Week present award-winning authors Roya Hakakian and Ruby Namdar in conversation about their experience immigrating to America, what they miss about their homelands, their literary lives and the Jewish ideal of welcoming the stranger. Hakakian, born in Iran, is the author of Assassins of the Turquoise Palace, Journey from the Land
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson is speaking as Douglass College’s 2021 Blanche, Edith, and Irving Laurie Chair in Women’s Studies. Joe Henson
Wilkerson, author of
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America s Great Migration (2010) and
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020), is speaking as the Douglass College’s 2021 Blanche, Edith, and Irving Laurie Chair in Women’s Studies. Through her role at Rutgers this spring, Wilkerson has participated in private events with students in the Department of Women s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a round table discussion with directors from the Institute for Women s Leadership.
UK coronavirus variant now detected in all 50 US states, CDC says
From CNN’s Michael Nedelman
More than 15,000 cases of a coronavirus variant first spotted in the UK have been reported in all 50 US states for the first time by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to data updated Monday.
Florida leads in these numbers, with 3,191 known cases of the variant, which is known to be both more contagious and more deadly than earlier strains. Michigan, whose current surge has been partly connected to the variant, has the second highest number of known cases 1,649.
CDC’s update included two other variants of concern: There are 374 total cases of a variant initially seen in South Africa, called B.1.351, in 32 states and Washington, DC. In addition, there are 289 total cases of the P.1 variant first linked to Brazil among 25 states.