Posts Tagged ‘Kenosha’
May 25, 2020: Remembering when George Floyd’s murder ignited Milwaukee and the nation five years ago
Kenosha, Wisconsin was just one city where a protest against police violence made headlines after George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
Read More2024 Kenosha NAACP Freedom Fund
It is with great anticipation that the Kenosha Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) invites the public to support its Annual Freedom Fund Dinner, our 2024 event theme is “All In” The Freedom Fund Dinner is an established tradition for NAACP Branches across the country to raise funds and create pathways to effect change while advancing the cause of civil and human rights in America.
Read MoreChrystul Kizer Got 11 Years in Prison for Killing Her Abuser. This Is Justice?
Rachel Louise Snyder argues that a Black man’s teenaged victim of trafficking and abuse would not serve time for killing him.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Police deployed potentially lethal chemical during Black Lives Matter protests
Even if federal agents and police never again fill the streets with clouds of toxic zinc chloride, the consequences of its prolific deployment may haunt cities for many years to come.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘We’re not stopping’: Community organizers are focusing on local policy changes for 2021
Entering into the new year of 2021 Wisconsin’s community organizers have vowed to keep pushing for meaningful, local change.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Kenosha protesters sue Facebook and armed men they say helped incite violence
Four people who were protesting in Kenosha the night of Aug. 25, including the girlfriend of a man who was killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during the unrest, have sued Facebook and three armed men they say fomented violence through social media.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Interview with Frank Nitty on Showtime’s ‘The Circus’
In an episode of Showtime’s The Circus entitled “Law And Disorder,” the show visited Kenosha, WI, the site of civil unrest after the shooting of Jacob Blake. Watch this gripping interview with Activist Frank Nitty.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – The Rich History of African American Activism in WI
While today’s demonstrations in Kenosha are distinctly modern, with activists holding Black Lives Matters signs and cellphones recording violence as it unfolds, Wisconsin’s protests for racial justice have roots starting in the 19th century.
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