Social Justice Archives

When the Missing Stay Missing: The Crisis of Disappearing Black Americans

Word In Black - May 28, 2026

by Jennifer Porter Gore In January 1973, a 27-year-old Black woman named Cheryl Lanier vanished from San Francisco. No one filed a missing persons report for...

The Color of Trust

Atlanta Daily World - May 11, 2026

By Ben Jealous In politics, fear has a color. For most of American history, that color has been Black. No ad has taught that lesson more brutally...

Aaron Mair: Sierra Club Crisis Is About Governance, Power

Atlanta Daily World - May 11, 2026

Aaron Mair, the Sierra Club’s first Black president, speaks out on the “pattern of disposal” targeting Black men in environmental leadership. Dr. Angelo A. Williams EDITOR’S...

National Civil Rights Museum opens the Legacy Experience on May 16 – It is a Reckoning

Atlanta Daily World - May 5, 2026

National Civil Rights Museum Reopens the Legacy Experience on May 16, Marking Its 35th Anniversary and 49 Days Before America’s 250th Permanent galleries open to...

‘Beyond These Walls’: Wellness consultant shares blueprint for healing after incarceration

Atlanta Daily World - March 25, 2026

Prison is more than a place. For many, it becomes an identity long after the sentence ends.In Beyond These Walls, wellness consultant Matilde Hernandez...

‘They Tricked Me’: Father was chained after he went to ICE to reunite with kids

Atlanta Daily World - March 25, 2026

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett and Renuka Rayasam and Amanda Seitz Carlos arrived at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New Mexico in December, believing he was one step closer to...

Why Teaching Black History Is Sacred Work

Word In Black - March 22, 2026

From scripture to family stories, passing down history helps Black children understand who they are — and whose shoulders they stand on. by Rev. Dorothy S....

Abortion Ban in Atlanta spotlighted in ‘The Devil Is Busy’ Oscar-nominated film

Roz Edward - March 12, 2026

Free & Just and the Feminist Center for Reproductive Liberation on Tuesday, March 10 held a private screening of the Oscar-nominated film The Devil is Busy. The screeining of the film...

Sen. Raphael Warnock: ‘We’re a Nation in Crisis’

Word In Black - December 26, 2025

Sen. Raphael Warnock, who holds advanced degrees in theology and divinity, still preaches at Ebeneezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the former pulpit of Dr....

Trump’s EPA to Black People: No ‘Environmental Justice’ for You

Word In Black - November 12, 2025

Conceived to help accelerate Freedom of Information Act requests, the rule was a key tool in the fight for environmental justice. It helped activists...

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