HABITATS/Martha's Vineyard; An Island, A House, A Family, Summer
Jill Nelson's family home, in the town of Oak Bluffs on the island of Martha's Vineyard, is at the corner of Ocean and Beach. read article here...
http://www.nytimes.com/
The Age--and Gift--of Self-Acceptance
With the arrival of Women's History Month, Jill Nelson ponders her own history and celebrates her liberation from the tyranny of others' expectations
http://www.niaonline.com/
Black History Month--Entertainment or Reality?
With Black History Month increasingly limited to a celebration of
long-dead civil rights heroes and modern-day pop-culture icons,
Jill Nelson searches for its elusive meaning
http://www.niaonline.com/
What Have We Done for Black Women Lately?
It's 2005, and yet when it comes to Black women's media presence and
political power, our main choice remains invisibility or
degradation, according to Jill Nelson. So why aren't more of us
fighting back?
http://www.niaonline.com/
A mean-spirited America - Today, I fear my own government more than
I do terrorists
http://www.wworld.org/crisis/crisis.asp?ID=386
America creates its own terrors
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2002/07/05/ncguest1.htm
Pryor Knowledge
Jill Nelson on the rage, vulnerability and painful honesty of
Richard Pryor's comedy.
http://dir.salon.com/people/bc/1998/11/25/pryor/index.html?pn=1
White lies
Asking "How could it happen here?" reveals the racism behind our
thinking about violence
http://dir.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/04/lies/index.html?sid=37401
Is sodomy with a stick worse than death?
The outcry over Justin Volpe's abuse of Abner Louima -- compared
with comparative silence about decades of police killings --
suggests assaulting someone's manhood is worse than killing him.
http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/26/louima/
Do white New Yorkers care about police brutality?
The only way Giuliani and the NYPD will be held accountable is if
white people join the protest.
http://dir.salon.com/
Race Counts
White Voters Play the Race Card, Again
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0143,nelson,29351,5.html
Incarceration vs. education
When it comes to prisons, if you build it black men will be forced
to come
http://www.mattapanonline.org/incarseration%20vs%20education.htm
On Jill Nelson
Regal Rage...
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