By Vincent Gonzalez and Jim Johnson The July 15th Courier Journal article “Protestors march to AG’s Yard,” penned by Bailey Loosemore, Hayes Gardner, and Ben Tobin, told the story of the 100 protesters who, “took their call for justice for Breonna Taylor to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s front yard in Louisville’s East end on … Continue reading A plea to Daniel Cameron
Racial Justice
Systemic racism and the costs of incarceration
By Kyle Ellison July 3,2020 A version of this article appeared in the Courier-Journal The nine-minute video of George Floyd’s murder is proving to be the most influential video ever made. Racist policing is front and center now, causing white people to stop ignoring other elements of systemic racism. Black people have endured persistent inequalities … Continue reading Systemic racism and the costs of incarceration
Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR Louisville Chapter) Statement on the killing of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR Louisville Chapter) wishes to extend our deepest sympathy to the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and all those who have lost loved ones because the injustice of racism is so embedded in our country. We call for Metro Louisville to: End the use of excessive force on unarmed … Continue reading Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR Louisville Chapter) Statement on the killing of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
The White Moderate
From “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler … Continue reading The White Moderate
400 Years of Inequality
By Gracie Lewis August 2019 marked the 400th Commemoration of Black Enslavement in America. In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. According to the early documents, they had been acquired from a Portuguese slave ship, put aboard the “White Lion,” an English ship, and … Continue reading 400 Years of Inequality
