In November 1968, the White Panthers emerged as an anti-racist group that supported the Black Panthers.Wikimedia CommonsThe White Panthers (later known as the Rainbow People’s Party) arose as an anti-racist political group in America.
Seismic changes rocked through America during the 1960s. The civil rights movement, anti-war activism, and the birth of counterculture spawned numerous political groups throughout the country. One of the lesser-known groups was the White Panther Party. The White Panthers were white activists who supported the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary Black socialist movement. Read More...
The vengeful ghost of a murdered slave named Daniel Robitaille, Candyman may be fictitious, but one real murder did help inspire the classic film's horrors.“Be my victim.” With these words, an icon of horror was born in 1992’s Candyman. The vengeful spirit of a Black artist lynched for having an illicit affair with a white woman, the titular killer begins terrorizing Helen Lyle, a graduate student researching the Candyman legend, which she’s sure is a myth. Read More...
The mountain lion named P-22 achieved unexpected fame after images of him stalking around Los Angeles of him went viral. Steve Winter/National Park ServiceWildlife officials announced P-22’s death during a tearful press conference.
For about a decade, a solitary mountain lion in Los Angeles named P-22 has famously stalked the city’s Griffith Park. But the 12-year-old big cat was sadly euthanized on Dec. 17 after state wildlife officials discovered he’d been hit by a car and was suffering from numerous health problems. Read More...
