Is Juneteenth, Our New National Holiday, a Delusion?
By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost This article was originally posted on June 19, 2023. We are reposting it in honor of Juneteenth. On June 16, 2023, the White…
Rewind: Juneteenth: Embracing the Power of Awareness and Repair
By Mobolaji Olambiwonnu / Original to ScheerPost When President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, I initially saw it as a symbolic gesture, unable to replace the concrete…
What Juneteenth Looks Like for Incarcerated People
"As Black men in prison, we live the tension between celebrating the abolition of slavery and struggling inside the system that replaced it."
Is Juneteenth, Our New National Holiday, a Delusion?
By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost On June 16, 2023, the White House announced that President Biden was proud to have signed the 2021 bi-partisan law establishing Juneteenth as…
Juneteenth: Embracing the Power of Awareness and Repair
By Mobolaji Olambiwonnu / Original to ScheerPost When President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, I initially saw it as a symbolic gesture, unable to replace the concrete…
[rewind] Julian Bond Was a Radical Long Before MLK
This Feb. 2020 episode of the SI podcast brings two relevant topics into light: Black history and the anti-war movement.
Kevin Cooper: Whitewashing Historical Truths: The Story of Sullivan’s Island
While everyone's heard of Ellis Island, the equivalent port of arrival for countless slaves is rarely mentioned in American history, writes Kevin Cooper from death row in San Quentin.