Black History Month: Reflection and Action
This Black History Month, we pay deep respect and homage to the late Tyre Nichols and reflect on the urgency of systemic change. The significance of Black History Month serves as a reminder that the contributions and experiences of African Americans have been integral to the fabric of American history and must be fully recognized and celebrated. Yet despite progress in some areas, many African Americans continue to face disparities in, among many other areas, the criminal justice system. Tyre's tragic and reprehensible demise conjures a story we hear far too often. In the summer of 1985, Edmund Perry, a 17-year-old Harlem resident and honor student, bound for Stanford University in the Fall, was gunned down by a plainclothes police officer. Murder Without Motive tells Perry's story of more than 20 years ago, yet it seems all too eerily familiar. Edmund Perry has everything going for him after he graduates with a scholarship to attend Stanford. With his dedicatio...