Posts Tagged ‘Black Lives Matter (BLM)’
Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – A Timeline of What Has Happened in the Year Since George Floyd’s Death
The country has both struggled to confront its history of racial division while continuing to succumb to it. Here’s a look back at all that has transpired since the killing of Mr. Floyd.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – George Floyd’s Family Meets With Biden Amid Negotiations Over Police Reform Bill
President Biden lauded the courage of George Floyd’s family after meeting with them on the first anniversary of his murder by a Minneapolis police officer, a killing that launched protests and calls for police reform nationwide.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! -‘I allowed myself to feel guilty for a very long time’: the teenage cashier who took George Floyd’s $20
A year ago, Christopher Martin took an allegedly counterfeit bill. The police were called, and shortly after, Floyd would be dead.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – BLM Backlash: The nation’s racial reckoning meets bitter resistance at a high school in FL named for a Confederate
“This is not an isolated incident. This is happening to teachers across the U.S. And it’s not just about the teachers, it’s about the students and the chilling effect that these schools are having on their right to a quality education and a safe learning environment.”
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Columbus city council approves $10 million settlement with family of Andre Hill
A $10 million settlement between the family of Andre Hill and the city of Columbus, Ohio, was approved in a city council vote on May 17th, formalizing a deal announced a week earlier.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own BLM moment
As in the United States, a brutalized minority group, facing systemic racism and discriminatory acts, has taken to the streets. And, as in the United States, the only way out starts with serious soul-searching on the part of the majority.
Read MoreWho Benefits From Watching Black Trauma on Screen?
What will it take for Black girls to exist as children on and off screen, without making them into adults to justify violence against them?
Read MoreAhmaud Arbery’s mother settles with foundation raising funds in son’s name
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones reaches a court agreement to recieve the money that an organization raised without her permission in her sons honor. Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot by white supremacists while taking a jog in February 2020.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – What We Know About the Killing of Andrew Brown Jr. in North Carolina
The killing of a 42-year-old Black man in coastal North Carolina by sheriff’s deputies is being scrutinized by state and federal authorities, and Gov. Roy Cooper has called for a special prosecutor to take over the case from a local district attorney.
Read MoreBones of Black children killed in police bombing used in Ivy League anthropology course
Remains of those killed in 1985 Move bombing in Philadelphia serve as ‘case study’ in Princeton-backed course.
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