Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Crack had a massive impact on the Black community in the 1980s. It would ...
British actor Damson Idris brings L.A.’s ‘80s crack epidemic to life on ‘Snowfall’ Damson Idris, lead actor of FX’s “Snowfall,” a series about the crack cocaine epidemic in L.A. in the ‘80s, is ...
OPINION: N.W.A.'s song "Dopeman" leads us into a conversation about the world of drug dealers and their influence on the Black community. Before N.W.A, Eazy-E was reportedly in the drug game so he was ...
In the late 1980s, the crack epidemic launched a War on Drugs that disproportionately arrested and punished black Americans. But a generation later, when a new drug scourge struck white communities ...
LOS ANGELES — When British actor Damson Idris auditioned for the role of young street entrepreneur Franklin Saint in FX’s “Snowfall,” a drama set during the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic in ...
Hopefully, this won't start anything too incendiary, or head to the Bad Place but I was thinking about this recently. I wasn't in the country (far less socially aware) at the time when the crack ...
BSO Drug Chemist Randy Hilliard cuts up crack into small rocks that sell for $10 - $20. Alan Freund Miami Herald It was the height of the ‘80s crack cocaine epidemic, and the Broward County Sheriff’s ...
In the late 1980s, the crack epidemic launched a War on Drugs that disproportionately arrested and punished black Americans. But a generation later, when a new drug scourge struck white communities ...
OPINION: De La Soul’s “My Brother’s a Basehead” takes us into the impact of crack on its users and their families. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the ...