Posts Tagged ‘Black Lives Matter (BLM)’
Accepting Rights Award, Colin Kaepernick Decries ‘Lawful Lynching’
By The Associated Press AMSTERDAM — Amnesty International gave the former N.F.L. quarterback Colin Kaepernick its Ambassador of Conscience Award on Saturday for his kneeling protest of racial injustice, which began a sports movement and might have cost him his job. Eric Reid, one of Kaepernick’s former San Francisco 49ers teammates, presented him with the…
Read MoreA Tale of 2 Mich. Water Crises
By K. Araújo, The Root On Oct. 23, 12 Oakland County, Mich., communities spent roughly nine days without water after a major water main break. Almost 305,000 people were affected by the break. Oakland County and the Great Lakes Water Authority worked nearly around the clock to ensure that the residents in those communities had safe,…
Read MoreBlack Protester Hugs Squirming Nazi, Quips, ‘Why Don’t You Like Me, Dog?’
By Breanna Edwards, The Root The black protester who was caught on viral video hugging a squirming and uncomfortable neo-Nazi outside white supremacist dump truck Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville on Thursday is acknowledging that he could just as easily have hit the guy (an act in which someone else…
Read MorePhilando Castile’s Legacy Of Helping His Students Pay For Lunch Lives On
Monique Judge, The Root Philando Castile was known as a caring man at the St. Paul, Minn., school where he worked as a cafeteria supervisor. He cared so much for the children he served that he often paid for their lunches out of his own pocket when they were unable to, and now, thanks to…
Read MoreBLM: Charlottesville Is A Confirmation Of The Violence Black People Endure
White supremacists, neo-nazis, and members of the Ku Klux Klan rally together to display their unwavering hate for blacks in Charlottesville, VA and Black Lives Matter responds. Read the article to see how.
Read MoreAmerica Has Finally Found Its ‘Perfect Victim’ Of A Police Shooting
Police brutality somehow looks different on a white victim. Justine Dramond, a Caucasian Australian who was engaged to be married was innocently shot and killed by an officer and people of all backgrounds are mourning her loss, but it wasn’t the same reaction when Philando Castile, who was also engaged to be married, was innocently shot and killed by an officer. See what the media has to say about it.
Read MoreThe Messy Story Behind The Black Lives Matter Sign In My White Family’s Window
A white couple beats fear and hesitation by deciding to place a BLM sign in the front window of theihome in a predominantly affluent white neighborhood.
Read MoreTeens Plaster Vandalized Emmett Till Marker With Words Of Hope
By Elyse Wanshel, HuffPost Black Voices A civil rights landmark in Mississippi that commemorates the death of Emmett Till has been vandalized, The Associated Press reported Monday. The sign, which has been defaced before, was scraped so badly that information and photos about Till’s brutal death have been obliterated. Students from Cultural Leadership, a St. Louis-based nonprofit that…
Read More#SaveUnderground: Aisha Hinds on Freedom Dreams and Revolutionary Art
“Underground” was more than just another television show to many and that is why so many are enraged that it has been taken off the air. Find out why in this article.
Read MoreCivil Rights Era Poet Shares How to Create Civility in Today’s Society
From:Huffington Post- Black Voices Written By: Kristina Puga Writer and activist Eugene Ethelbert Miller discussed his love for writing and history by stating: “I wanted to be involved in every aspect of writing about it,” says Miller about the politically-charged time, as sharply and energetically as if it were just yesterday. “It was just like now…
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