Violence against black people has been a theme in American culture since the first enslaved Africans arrived in 1619 in Jamestown. The violence continued though the horrors of slavery, the lynchings, Jim Crow, the anti-black riots of the early 20th Century, and today, confrontations with police, and more subtly, in the institutional discrimination that has thrown roadblocks in the way of progress.
At the same time, resistance against discrimination and violence has also been a powerful force ...
Violence against black people has been a theme in American culture since the first enslaved Africans arrived in 1619 in Jamestown. The violence continued though the horrors of slavery, the lynchings, Jim Crow, the anti-black riots of the early 20th Century, and today, confrontations with police, and more subtly, in the institutional discrimination that has thrown roadblocks in the way of progress.
At the same time, resistance against discrimination and violence has also been a powerful force in our nation’s history. African Americans, side by side with the “rainbow community” have fought against inequality in an affirmation of their human rights and equal rights under the Constitution
The BLACK CHRONICLE uses a newspaper format to recreate the tragedies, the struggles, and the triumphs of African Americans. All the facts are true, written by historians in the style of newspapers of the contemporary periods. In this presentation, we will read articles from the BLACK CHRONICLE as a way of looking back at that history of violence and resistance, and to show that Black lives have always mattered.
Presented by
Theatre of the Oppressed Uptown, Jeremiah Kyle Drake, Director
Mission and Social Justice Commission
Robert Miller, creator of the BLACK CHRONICLE and LA CRONICA, and former Director of Educational Publishing at WNET.org, New York City’s flagship public television station.
Readers
Alexa Donaphin
Yemi Abioye
Jeremiah Drake
Gene Reynolds
Robert Miller
The BLACK CHRONICLE can be found at www.ourhistoryasnews.org.
