Posts Tagged ‘Black Lives Matter (BLM)’
Black Student Activists Stand Against Racist Cultures on Campus
From Yale to Missouri, college campuses are becoming ground zero in challenging white supremacy and institutional racism. By Peniel E. Joseph, The Root The radical spirit of the Black Lives Matter movement touched college campuses this past week in high-profile demonstrations against a culture of racism infecting higher education. The University of Missouri in Columbia…has…
Read MoreHillary Clinton Meets With Mothers Of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Michael Brown And Tamir Rice
“It doesn’t matter what color we are, I felt that she really understand where we are coming from,” Rice’s mother said. Alana Horowitz Satlin, The Huffington Post Hillary Clinton held a private meeting in Chicago on Monday with the families of prominent victims of recent gun violence. The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Michael Brown…
Read MoreObama Breaks Down ‘Black Lives Matter’ During Panel on Criminal-Justice Reform
President Barack Obama presents his opinion on the Black Lives Matter Movement during a panel about criminal justice reform. Watch video of his statement.
Read MoreBlack College Student Brutally Beaten By Police Officers In D.C.
Police have admitted that Jason Goolsby, who was stopped and beaten in Washington, D.C., had committed no crime.
Read MoreThousands Gather for Million Man March 20th Anniversary in D.C.
Black men and women from around the nation are gathering on the National Mall to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March and call for policing reforms and changes in black communities.
Read More2 Outside Reviews Say Cleveland Officer Acted Reasonably in Shooting Tamir Rice, 12
By Mitch Smith, New York Times Two outside investigators looking into the death of Tamir Rice have concluded that a Cleveland police officer, Tim Loehmann, acted reasonably in deciding last year to shoot when he confronted the 12-year-old boy carrying what turned out to be a replica gun. Those opinions, reached separately by a…
Read MoreNew California Law Aims To Curb Racial Profiling
Police will have to report the race of those they stop and frisk, thanks to a new law that wants to decrease racial profiling.
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter Co-Founder Reflects On The Origins Of The Movement
How the movement began on social media, how it grew, and how it answers critiques that it provokes violence.
Read MoreIs This the End of the 2nd Reconstruction?
Henry Louis Gates Jr questions whether recent anti-Black violence by police is a symptom of the end of an era of progress.
Read MoreA White Artist Wrote ‘Black Lives Matter’ 2,000 Times. But His Mural Almost Said ‘All Lives Matter.’
What happened when a black gallery owner in Detroit commissioned a large mural from a white artist as an homage to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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