1970 - How Drug-Free School Zones Backfired
In 1970 a new trend in narcotics law began to spread: Legislators began creating Drug Free School Zones, imposing harsh penalties on drug...
1970s - When feminism ignored the needs of black women, a mighty force was born
Founded in the early 1970s, the Combahee River Collective spoke to the unique position of being black and female In 1969, Barbara Smith...
1970 - Before Kaepernick, The 'Syracuse 8' Were Blackballed By Pro Football
They met in secret, away from their white coaches and teammates. "We used to meet at midnight," former Syracuse football player Dana...
1970s - The early years of Hip Hop
1970 Spoken word collective The Last Poets release their debut recording. Mixing politically conscious poetry with music, it later is...
1970 - When cops raided a hip 1970s London cafe, Britain’s Black Power movement rose up
Atthe start of the 1970s, the Black Panther movement in the United States was both well established and well organized. It was also well...
1970 - Jackson State: A Tragedy Widely Forgotten
A group of angry students. A burst of gunfire from authorities. Young lives cut short. It sounds a lot like the Kent State shootings on...
1971 - The Attica Prison Riot
In September 1971, nearly 1,300 inmates in the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York shook the nation to its core. The...
1971 onward - How and why the War on Drugs started and lead to Mass Incarceration (watch)
Watch here: https://blackjunction.tv/watch/khgzyC7R9x6CnC9 Civil rights advocate, and writer, Michelle Alexander, breaks down how and why...
1972 - Maya Angelou receives Pulitzer Prize Nomination
Her honors include a National Book Award nomination for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of...
1972 - Georgia, Georgia first script by an African American woman (Maya Angelou) to be filmed
Georgia, a black American singer, comes to Stockholm for a show. She meets an American deserter and soon they have fallen in love. But...