WEDNESDAY | 3.22.2017 | MACEANDCROWN.COM | Vol. 60, Issue 20
What Do You Know?
Erin Sudek Assistant News Editor
American history is a subject that every person raised in this country must learn in grade school. When we finish those classes, we believe that we are now knowledgeable of all the essential people, places and events about our nation's history that we should know as American citizens, but what we don’t learn are facts such as how beauty parlors were historically key places for political activism. African-Americans, women and those of every sexual orientation played an equally important role in American history, but schools only teach their
students so much about this history. Dr. Deborah Gray White, Dr. Khadijah Miller and Dr. Tiffany Gill held a panel discussion on March 15 about the role of black women in America and uncovered truths about America's history. The event was hosted by the Women’s Center in honor of Women’s History Month and included a wide range of topics related to the oppression of African-American women throughout history and today. “This country was not just built by the George Washingtons and Ben Franklins. America was built by everybody; every color, gender and sexual orientation alike, but our grade
schools don’t seem to teach that,” Gill said. Gill is an associate professor in both the departments of Black American studies and History at University of Delaware. She spoke about the huge political role that beauty shops had not only during the civil rights movement, but also today. “There are not many places that a black woman can seek refuge and restore their dignity at like that of a beauty parlor,” she said. She explained the different ways that African-American beauty entrepreneurs built a vibrant culture of activism within their salons and throughout their communities, mak-
ing great social and political gains possible.crowd cheering, clapping and made for a genuinely enjoyable set. Afterwards, K. Flay even stayed back to meet fans. White is the Board of Governor's Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University and has written numerous books on AfricanAmerican history. She discussed the changing definition of freedom and citizenship in the U.S. and how being able to express every variable of one’s own identity is finally becoming increasingly acceptable. Although, obviously, problems do still exist. see WOMEN, page A4
Make Your Own 'Cops' Episode Audra Reigle Assistant Technology Editor To film or not to film? That is the question citizens and lawmakers alike find themselves asking when it comes to matters surrounding law enforcement. In Sept. 2015, Phillip Turner was arrested for failing to identify himself to the Fort Worth Police Department in Texas while filming them, according to ArsTechnica. He was released without charges, but he sued on claims that his First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights were violated. Judge Jacques Wiener ruled in February that the public does have a right to film the police. The right to film police is not applicable everywhere. When the incident occurred, the Supreme Court hadn’t determined whether the First Amendment rights extended to filming the police. Some district courts have concluded that they do, despite orders from the Supreme Court to not do so. Turner’s case isn’t the only one involving civilians being arrested for filming the police. William Lund, a freelance reporter for a Rockford, IL news website, went to investigate police activity he heard about on a police scanner, according to Courthouse News. Upon arrival, Lund started to film the police with his phone and he complied with police when he was asked to leave or be arrested. However, he was still arrested “when he took a minute to say goodbye to some of the officers at the scene.” Lund was also ticketed for operating his motorized bicycle without a license. The charges were dropped nine months later, but “Lund seeks punitive damages for claims of false arrest, unreasonable search and seizure, First Amendment retaliation, and conspiracy.” see POLICE, page D1
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