Posts Tagged ‘anti-Black violence’
‘Fruitvale Station’ Shows Black Male Humanity
The movie, starring Michael B. Jordan, depicts the real life of a young Black man who was needlessly shot and killed by a police officer.
Read MoreOn This Date in History, May 31, 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre
The Tulsa Race Massacre, which decimated Black lives and the successful Greenwood neighborhood, was committed by a white mob.
Read More45th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassination
45 Years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. His dream endures today as we struggle to make the dream that so many others share into a reality.
Read MoreKimani Gray: Another NYPD Usual Suspect?
16 year old Kimani Gray was shot and killed by 2 NYPD Police Officers this past week. Unfortunately this is not an isolated event and while protests have been raging for the death of an African American Teen the larger theme of Police Violence against African Americans and other ethnic groups is discussed.
Read MoreA baby, the N word and a slap for Jonah Bennett
According to a child’s mother and at least one witness, a man on an airplane used a racial slur before slapping a nearby Black baby.
Read MoreFBI: Hate crimes down nationally; nearly half are racial
A recent FBI report has good news about hate crimes–they’re decreasing–but that may not mean much for Black Americans.
Read MoreSuicide ruling doesn’t end questions in Ark. case
The family of an Arkansas man who died while in police custody has questions about the details of his life.
Read MoreChavis Carter ‘Suicide’ Reenactment Video Released By Jonesboro Police
Arkansas police maintain that a Black man in their custody shot and killed himself and have released a reenactment video as proof.
Read MoreEmmett Till Would Have Turned 71 Years Old Today – Had He Not Been Brutally Lynched at Age 14
Emmett Till’s story is a critical reminder of the many lives cut short due to racist violence, so we remember it on his birthday.
Read MoreA Lynching Happens Every 40 Hours
One person explains how violence at the hands of vigilantes and police are modern-day lynchings of Black people.
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