justice for trayvon! justice for trayvon! the moral anthem and political cry black lives matter came into being in the wake of trayvon martin s death. when it came to emmett till, back in 1955 on behalf of a 14-year-old boy, mamie till had to say his black life mattered. in the case of the 16th street baptist church bombings, for decades, on behalf of four little girls and a fifth girl who was maimed, we were literally saying black girls lives matter. early 80s, there was not a sense of security that history would not repeat itself. we d seen the klan numerous times get away with lynchings, get away with brazen acts of violence against blacks to which there were no consequences. no one was ultimately held accountable.
1983. when you look at michael donald and the fact that his mother, beulah mae donald had to essentially say, michael donald s life mattered. he was black and his life mattered. justice for trayvon! justice for trayvon! justice for trayvon! the moral anthem and political cry, black lives matter, came into being in the wake of trayvon martin s death. when it came to emmett till, back in 1955, oh behalf of a 14-year-old boy, mamie till had to say his black life mattered. in the case of the 16th street baptist church bombings, for decades, on behalf of four little girls, and a fifth girl
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In “Girls5eva,” the latest sitcom to emerge from the Tina Fey-Robert Carlock combine, Sara Bareilles, Busy Philipps, Paula Pell and Renée Elise Goldsberry play the members of a briefly famous ‘90s girl group who fate, if not the public, calls to reunite. Like other shows in the Fey-Carlock canon “30 Rock,” “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” the much-improved “Mr. Mayor,” renewed for a second season on NBC it is a hodgepodge of real feeling and cartoon rhythms, deadpan reactions to crazy stuff and meltdowns over nothing, surrealist throwaways and pop-cultural satire. At once biting and heartwarming, it may mock its characters but never their feelings, of which they have many.
in last night s historic senate election, the importance of black voters cannot be overstated. doug jones s victory was stunning, but if you look into the state s history, there is an explanation of how a white man in the segregated south pulled off this upset at 11:00 sunday morning. it was on september 15, 1963. birmingham s historic 16th street baptist church. worship was just about to start. five young girls are putting on choir robes in the church basement. that s when a bomb planted under the church steps detonates, killing four of those little girls. denise mcnair, carole robertson, addie mae collins and cynthia wesley. the fifth girl, sarah jean collins loses an eye. several members of the ku klux klan bragged about the bombing but there was no