Sandra Bland (1987-2015): Art, Remembrance, Commemoration
Sandra Bland died one year ago today, July 13, 2015. As we remember Bland’s death, we also commemorate her life.
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Mourning
Why We Must Remember: Reflecting on the Charleston Massacre One Year Later
On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina,
Read moreBlack Funeral Directors and the Black Lives Matter Movement
Today’s guest post comes from Edwin Jackson, a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Maryland and Oklahoma. Born and raised in
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Black Death: Gore, Geographies and the Gallows in Jamaica
One evening, on a road in Jamaica, a soldier belonging to the “Mulatto Company” made his evening rounds. He came
Read moreRemembering Marcy Borders (August 12, 1973-August 24, 2015)
Few images define the haunting terror of the September 11, 2001, attacks better than the picture of Marcy Borders. Borders,
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