By D. Kevin McNeir The Supreme Court justices, in striking down affirmative action in higher education and voting along ideological grounds – the conservatives members in the majority – recently determined that race-conscious admissions programs violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. In the words of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., “the student must be […]
Organizers see upcoming August 26th event as ‘not just a commemoration but a continuation’ By D. Kevin McNeir On August 28, 1963, an estimated 250,000 descended on the National Mall to participate in one of the largest political rallies for human rights in U.S. history. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, organized by […]
By D. Kevin McNeir Will Biden Administration’s Promise to Provide 804,000 Borrowers with $39 Billion in Automatic Loan Forgiveness Be Met with Further Challenges? Tens of thousands of borrowers with federal student loans have been wondering for many long and agonizing months when their debt load would get a little lighter, given President Joe Biden’s […]
Freddie Jackson, R&B icon, now 66, ‘counts the moments not the numbers’ By D. Kevin McNeir In 1979, President Jimmy Carter declared that June would be Black Music Month – setting aside a month to recognize the incredible influence that Black music has had on the U.S. and the world. Now more than four decades […]
By D. Kevin McNeir Just over a year ago (April 2022), The Washington Informer, in a news report written in collaboration with Word in Black, an initiative of 10 of the nation’s leading Black publishers that frames narrative and fosters solutions for racial inequities in America, examined how D.C. Public School (DCPS) librarians were responding […]
Thurgood Marshall’s Hard Work Led to the End of Legalized Racial Segregation in Schools But Standardized Tests Have Surreptitiously Succeeded in Keeping Black Students Back By D. Kevin McNeir @mcneirdk On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. […]
On Tuesday, November 22, Cecilia S. Marshall, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, died in Falls Church, Virginia, where the mother, grandmother and great-grandmother lived for many years. The Supreme Court shared the news of her death in a statement but did not include a cause. Marshall, a former NAACP legal […]
WASHINGTON, DC (July 19, 2020) – Today, Thomasina W. Yearwood, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, Inc. (TMCT), offers her thoughts regarding the death of civil rights icon, Rep. John Lewis. “As condolences continue to pour in, I, too, confess that my heart remains heavy as our community, nation and the […]
WASHINGTON, DC (July 19, 2020) – Today, Thomasina W. Yearwood, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, Inc. (TMCT), offers her thoughts regarding the death of civil rights warrior, the Rev. C.T. Vivian. “Today, I join millions of others from across the nation and the world in mourning the loss of an […]
Film Screening, Panel Focus on Music and Activism of Mavis Staples By Sam P.K. Collins Founder and Host of AllEyesOnDC.com @SamPKCollinsmensclub24 Photo: Mavis Staples (Courtesy) “You can’t have a movement without music!” Isisara Bey, executive producer of the annual March on Washington Film Festival told an audience of more than 100 music aficionados who gathered in […]