today in black history

August 19, 2026

Public outrage over the death of 10 year-old Gavin Cato, hit by a Hasidic man, erupted in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY in 1991.

African American Males and Criminal Justice, 1990

POSTED: November 30, -0001

The Sentencing Project analyzes data from 1990 to explore the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system on Black men in the United States.