Nicole Carr

Spent the weekend reeling over war, preserving Black history on the final leg of our four-city film festival tour with our children in tow, and committing to our ancestors’ exercise of call and response at the ASALH Black History centennial celebration in Washington. What a time to be alive.

I think they’re closer to Lucifer than Jesus Christ, Brother.
Don’t take the rhetoric for face value.
Rip off the masks.

Stop trying to make this make sense.
It never did.
It never will.

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Spent the last few days in community with Black memory workers contributing their genius via multiple disciplines-librarianship,archiving, oral histories, storytelling, museum curation and much more.The historic convening of the Black Information Futures Symposium in Seattle. #blkinfofutures2026

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Nicole Carr at a podium

Nicole Carr at a podium

@nicolefcarr.bsky.social spitting FACTS. #BLKINFOFUTURES2026 “Black Information Networks”

‘Preserving the Black press to democratize America’

Our short doc, Through the Years, screened in D.C.’s Lincoln Theatre last night. It joined thirteen other films that document the Diaspora’s rich history. Thank you to film lovers who showed up, and the sisters who always show out. Hope I did you one good. 💕💚 Next Stops:Oakland, Miami and Atlanta. ✊🏾

i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84 The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has died. He was 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King was assassinated in 1968.

BREAKING: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader from the era of MLK to Black Lives Matter, has died at 84, his family said.

The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a … From award-winning journalist Nicole Carr comes a landm…

Hey Y’all. ✨I’m late posting this, but there are 5 days left to enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Price of Exclusion. Ten readers will receive a free copy of the book. I see 1100+ interested in reading the work that tells us much about America & the world. TY. 🙏🏾 www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Trump has been espousing racist foolishness for decades, even as a presidential candidate and president. Stop with the pearl clutching over monkey images, and ask why this vile behavior has been tolerated and left unchecked for so long.

The Black press democratized America We have the power to lean into another standard: one that earns the audience’s trust and never amplifies lies.

A reminder that I wrote about the dangers associated with Bezos’s WaPo, while musing on the historic Black press, circa 2024: theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...

I have family affected by today’s assault on the free press. What you don’t understand is how these institutions are being devalued, and the renaissance that will rise from the ashes of this conundrum.

Democracy dies in broad daylight.

“I’d encourage anyone who thinks that being silent, and they think that neutrality on human rights issues is going to save them, to think again.”- Some of my thoughts earlier this week…Via the National Association of Black Journalists/ Black Star Network “Not on Our Watch” town hall.

I kicked off BHM by centering the assault against Black journalists.Thanks to CNN,Victor Blackwell for the opportunity to join Sunday’s CNN This Morning panel. You can read more, watch the entire segment and get info on tonight’s @nabj townhall in today’s Fortify: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...

Last year I began to raise alarms about to potential for the federal government to start arresting journalists for doing our jobs,knowing that the historic Black press had faced this.Today, Don Lemon is in fed custody after a bogus arrest for bearing witness.Resharing from March 2025: bit.ly/45F4LH2

(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.

@cnn.com
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This is not a new post. I wrote this newsletter almost a year ago. It’s about why it’s often so difficult for media to cover white supremacy. It’s leads with a a story about a fired (now REHIRED) ICE agent. Worth resharing today…: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...

This is constantly on my mind (and has always been on my mind as a mother of Black children)-
The way that we function-or do not-for the love and protection of our children.

What about the children now? They routinely shout about protecting children and families. But a party that backs violent, dehumanizing ICE enforcement tactics has yet to decry how gov't is traumatizing kids at home and school.

This morning feels like a good time to reshare a piece I wrote last year about ICE Enforcement, children and the “othering” of humanity that distorts our narratives.

“What about the children now?”
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The bats$&it racist rhetoric is a feature, not a bug. I’m not reposting that filth.

Grateful for this unexpected mention in the National Book Club Conference email blast. The great Walter Mosley is the featured author. And I’m the new author who’s just giving thanks for all the good things happening while we are in the midst of extreme chaos. Soon: nationalbookclubconference.com

Thank you! ✨

1985 Atlanta: The Klan was burning crosses on Stone Mountain and in front of the AKA sorority house at Georgia Tech, following the King holiday. This was the year my AKA chapter was chartered. My first doc incl. this history has been selected for the 2026 Black History Film Festival: bit.ly/4qtNwko

Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.

ICE is holding Native Americans hostage as a bargaining chip to raid reservations, saying they won't release them until the tribes give up sovereignty.
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Watch what’s unfolding w the gov’t raid on a WaPo reporter’s home + remember this piece that I wrote last year.It covers a few ways the feds attempted to criminalize the historic Black press. Reminder: The human guardrails to protect these journalists are seemingly no longer in place: bit.ly/3NkLh4g