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Black South Carolina Trooper Explains Why He Helped a White Supremacist
What the black state trooper saw was a civilian in distress. Yes, this was a white man, attending a white supremacist rally in front of the South Carolina State House. And yes, he was wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with a swastika.
Read More[ABHM] Lecture series asks ‘Do Black Lives Matter?’
ABHM Head Griot Reggie Jackson is interviewed about the origins of the devaluation of black lives in America. His four-session series covers a 400-year history of the laws, court decisions, customs, pseudo-science, medicine, policing, and other practices that justify and support that attitude that black lives do not matter.
Read MoreEx-cop and blackface performer’s fundraiser for officers in Freddie Gray case canceled
A local venue on Wednesday abruptly canceled a planned fundraiser for the six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray after the scheduled entertainment — a former Baltimore officer singing in blackface — drew sharp criticism.
Read MoreRacial Satire ‘White Squad’ Is Painfully Hilarious But All Too Real
A new, brilliant satire by MTV’s “Look Different” anti-bias campaign that tackles racial inequality that privileges white people and disadvantages people of color in everyday situations.
Read MorePoll Finds Most in U.S. Hold Dim View of Race Relations
In a New York Times poll, nearly six in 10 Americans think race relations are generally bad; four in 10 think the situation is getting worse.
Read MoreCop Threatens to Use Taser on Sandra Bland in New Dash-Cam Video
New dashboard-camera footage has been released showing Sandra Bland’s ill-fated police stop July 10.
Read MorePresident Obama Meets With Emma Didlake, Oldest Living U.S. Veteran
President Barack Obama met in the Oval Office on Friday with Emma Didlake, a 110-year-old who is the oldest living veteran in the United States.
Read MoreEric Garner Is Remembered One Year After His Death
Held aloft in her mother’s arms, Legacy Garner, the 15-month-old daughter of Eric Garner, opened a wooden bird cage Friday morning and released a white rock dove.
Read More‘This Is Our Selma’: NC’s Fight for Voting Rights
Monday marks the start of a pivotal voting-rights trial in North Carolina. On the line? Access to the ballot box for tens of thousands of African-American voters.
Read MoreNAACP Ends 15-Year Boycott Of South Carolina
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced Saturday the end to its 15-year economic boycott of the state of South Carolina.
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