Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Blacks Continue to Die on the Alter of White Womanhood
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
25 Feb 2020
🖨️ Print Article

Although Emmet Till and Trayvon Martin were killed 57 years apart, both of the Black teenagers died for the same reasons, said Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a dean and professor at Boston University School of Law. Emmet Till was murdered by two white racists for alledgedly whistling at a white woman, in 1955. Onwuachi-Willig says George Zimmerman was portrayed as protecting a mostly white neighborhood from predation and molestation by young Blacks like Trayvon Martin, in 2012. She wrote a paper on the subject, titled “From Emmet Till to Trayvon Martin: The Persistence of White Womanhood and the Preservation of White Manhood.”

white supremacy

Related Podcasts

BAR Radio
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Report October 23, 2026
23 October 2026
In this week’s segment, we hear about the ongoing uprising in France against neo-liberal austerity, colonialism, and white supremacy.
BAR Radio
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio September 11, 2026
11 September 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss the 55th anniversary and legacy of the 1971 Attica prison revolt. But we begin with the history of W.E.B.
Gerald Horne
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Gerald Horne, "Black and Red: Du Bois and the Afro American response to the Cold War, 1944-63"
11 September 2026
Our guest is Dr.

More Stories


  • Letters from Our Readers
    Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
    Letters from Our Readers
    05 Dec 2018
    Readers engaged and challenged ideas about Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders this week. In particular the question of Bernie Sanders’ impact on the two party system provoked a lot of thought.
  • The Gatekeepers: The Burden of the Black Public Intellectual
    Mychal Denzel Smith
    The Gatekeepers: The Burden of the Black Public Intellectual
    05 Dec 2018
      Black intellectuals wind up offering mainly white audiences a “foreign experience” to savor from a comfortable distance.
  • BAR Book Forum: Jason Borge’s “Tropical Riffs“ and John Gennari’s “Flavor and Soul”
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Jason Borge’s “Tropical Riffs“ and John Gennari’s “Flavor and Soul”
    05 Dec 2018
    Our authors explore how jazz once proved the “border-hopping mobility” of African American culture, and arenas of conflict and collaboration between Blacks and Italian-Americans.
  • Cuba's First Military Doctors (Part 2)
    Don Fitz
    Cuba's First Military Doctors (Part 2)
    05 Dec 2018
    Cuban doctors and soldiers served secretly in revolutionary Africa in the 1960s, pursuing Che’s strategy of â€śTwo, Three, Many Vietnams.”
  • Black Agenda Radio, Week of December 2, 2018
    Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Agenda Radio, Week of December 2, 2018
    04 Dec 2018
    Activists Demand Sanders Take Stand Against Militarism, Judge to S
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us