Posts Tagged ‘Sandra Bland’
10 Years Later: How #SayHerName Transformed Advocacy For Black Women And Girls
It’s been a decade since a hashtag coined by activist and educator Kimberlé Crenshaw helped shed light on violence faced by Black women.
Read MoreA Sandra Bland Documentary Is Coming to HBO
HBO revealed their fall lineup of documentaries, including Say Her Name, a documentary about Sandra Bland’s life. The documentary will be told through various clips of her mother and sisters and clips from her video blogs.
Read MoreIn the Turmoil Over Race and Policing, Children Pay a Steep Emotional Price
By YAMICHE ALCINDOR, New York Times In the past week alone, there was the 4-year-old girl in Falcon Heights, Minn., who was captured on video consoling her mother after they watched a police officer shoot the mother’s boyfriend through the window of a car. And there was the 15-year-old boy in Baton Rouge, La., who sobbed uncontrollably in…
Read MoreCop Threatens to Use Taser on Sandra Bland in New Dash-Cam Video
New dashboard-camera footage has been released showing Sandra Bland’s ill-fated police stop July 10.
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