Sophia Dawson, of I Am Wet Paint, is a Brooklyn based visual artist who has dedicated her life’s work to exposing the stories and experiences of individuals who are striving to overcome the injustices they face.
A prison seems an unlikely place to find advocates of anti-violence and peace, but more than 20 inmates at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility took part in a celebration of the U.N. International Day of Peace on Friday at the detention center.
Hanif was interviewed about the anti-violence message he embraces. He speaks of his generation’s mindset that led to issues although violence against young people to steal from them seems to have increased over the years in his views. He states, “In a nutshell one of the greatest things I’ve learned is to not see the word in colors– black and white, red and blue. That’s a pitfall right there.”
By: Nathaniel 10X
Chicago - Three Black jurors have signed documents which will undoubtedly nullify the recent murder conviction of five Black Virgin Island youths. The youths were initially accused of murdering nine people including seven whites. The incident allegedly took place on Rockefeller’s Fountain Valley golf course on the Island of St. Croix.
Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I. - (UPI) - The murder trial of five young blacks accused of killing eight persons in a robbery at a Fountain Valley Golf Club last year went to the jury Saturday in an atmosphere of rising racial tension.
By: Nathaniel 10X
Chicago - The arrest and jailing of five Black Virgin Islands citizens and their subsequent trial focuses worldwide attention on this area, white America’s playhouse in the Caribbean. Only the “white man’s version” of the case, however, has reached the U.S.