media representation

July 5, 2022 - A couple of longtime friends in Mississippi got to talking about the books their kids love — and immediately realized there was a dearth of Black characters. So they organized the project behind the popular "Big Monty" book series that features smart Black kids whose adventures in middle school include easy-to-follow science experiments.

September 8, 2014 - Angela A. Allen-Bell, a professor at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has a new article out that turns the tables on anti-Black Panther Party rhetoric by asking if the treatment the group has suffered at the hands of government officials constitutes a form of domestic terrorism.

June 9, 2008 - This past weekend, I attended the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis.