“Those events led to things like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” Clyburn said. In 1968, the federal government …
2020: Year in Black Lives Matter
George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Rayshard Brooks. These are some of the Black Americans who were killed by the police and whose deaths spurred the U.S. to look at its racial history. Learn the names of those killed, what happened, why the movement resulted in calls to "defund the police," and what's next.
What she was doing: Family called 911 for help because Tanisha, who was bipolar, was restless and trying to leave the house. How she was killed: Officers Scott Aldridge and Bryan Myers convinced Anderson...
The killing of George Floyd was shocking. But to be surprised by it is a privilege African Americans do not have. A black person is killed by a police officer in America at the rate of more than one every...
The US has been convulsed by nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody. George Floyd, 46, died after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota....
Taylor, 26, was killed by police during the execution of a "no-knock" warrant. It has been more than eight months since Breonna Shaquille Taylor was …
The white father and son who took part in killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was fatally shot while jogging, have been denied bond. Gregory, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, two of three suspects facing...
On the evening of Friday, June 12, a police officer shot and killed a 27-year-old black man, Rayshard Brooks, outside an Atlanta Wendy’s drive-through. The shooting followed a struggle that began after...
In stark contrast to rightwing claims, 93% of demonstrations have involved no serious harm to people or property The vast majority of the thousands of Black Lives Matter protests this summer have been...
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that growing calls to "defund the police" are not about eliminating …
A week in the life of Ben Crump — last week, to be precise. Tuesday in Houston to attend George Floyd’s funeral, where the Rev. Al Sharpton introduced Crump as “black America’s attorney general, probably...
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