All posts tagged "Black Lives Matter"

Local Educators Announce Initiatives For Black Lives Matter At School’s Week Of Action

THE SEATTLE MEDIUM — The Black Lives Matter At Schools Movement’s momentum is growing as its impact on the community has been fruitful.

Rev: Ishmael Barnett: Millennial ministers speak out in honor of Dr. King

DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — The Defender sought out four millennial members of the clergy to get their take on the big issues of the day, and...

Rev. Christopher Johnson: Millennial ministers speak out in honor of Dr. King

DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — The Defender sought out four millennial members of the clergy to get their take on the big issues of the day

Rev. William Cumby: Millennial ministers speak out in honor of Dr. King

DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began his socially conscious ministry at 26, an age we now consider a millennial.

NAACP Demands Answers in Hanging Death of Son of BLM Activist

THE AFRO — National and local chapters of the NAACP continue to call out the St. Louis Medical Examiner’s office over the issue of whether the office...

Black Lives Matter Demonstrates Outside Hollywood Walgreens

WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Sherlyn Haynes’ only child, Christopher DeAndre Mitchell, was killed by a Torrance police officer weeks before Christmas.

Movement for Black Lives Wants Communities to Reclaim Public Land

Children help put finishing touches on a mural at a lot at 75th and Macarthur Boulevard in Oakland in effort for communities to reclaim public land....

Oakland High Schoolers Join Kaepernick in National Anthem Protest

As dozens of athletes across the country are joining 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in his national anthem protest, one group of young protestors has grabbed the...

Oakland City Council to Vote on Police Commission Tuesday, July 26

Nearly 100 people showed up to speak at Tuesday’s city council meeting in support of a strong, independent police oversight commission in Oakland, which will be...

Movement for Black Lives Notches Major Win in Chicago Race

By Kim Bellware, Huffington Post and other sources   Chicago’s States Attorney Anita Alvarez was ousted in the Democratic primary Tuesday night by challenger Kim Foxx...

Op-Ed: Families of Police Victims Are Energizing the Movement

By Cephus ‘Uncle Bobby’ Johnson,   On Jan. 1, 2009 at 2:11 a.m. on the Fruitvale Bart Station platform, my life was drastically changed forever. Bart...

United Nations Working Group Says U.S. Should Consider Reparations

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press   The United States should consider reparations to African-American descendants of slavery, establish a national human rights commission and publicly...

Justice Department to Investigate San Francisco Police Department

By Soumya Karlamangle, The LA Times and other sources   The U.S. Department of Justice is beginning a review of the San Francisco Police Department, which...

‘Poetry for the People’ Raises Funds for Police Commission Ballot

The Coalition for Police Accountability (CPA), a group of community organizations whose mission is to place a Police Commission on the November 2016 ballot, is holding...

‘Failure to Supervise’ Goes All the Way to the Top

By Erica Garner, Huffington Post     My father, Eric Garner, was killed by New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo a year and a half...

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder to Attend State of the Union

By Lauren Burke, NBC News   Alicia Garza, one of the three female founders of Black Lives Matter, will be the guest of Rep. Barbara Lee...

Four Days of Protests Planned to Rekindle MLK’s Radical Legacy

Social justice organizations are planning “96 Hours of Direct Action to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy,” from Friday Jan. 15 through MLK Day on Jan. 18, taking...

Interfaith Leaders Arrested After Occupying DA O’Malley’s Office

On Wednesday, 14 leaders from diverse faith backgrounds were arrested after holding a sit-in at Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s office in Oakland, demanding that...

Vigilia de grupos asiáticos, árabes y latinos por afroamericanos matados

Miembros de la comunidad que representando a varias organizaciones de activistas culturales realizaron una vigilia, procesión y manifestación cultural en el centro de Oakland la noche...

Asian, Arab, Latino, Native American Groups Hold Vigil for Slain Blacks

Community members representing several cultural activist organizations held a vigil, procession and cultural rally in downtown Oakland Monday evening, defending the Black Friday 14 who are...

Minneapolis Mayor Calls for Federal Investigation into Police Shooting as Protests Continue

By Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root   The mayor of Minneapolis has called for a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting Sunday of 24-year-old...

Bay Area Labor, Black Lives Matter Unite to Fight for $15/hr. and Racial Justice

Fast-food workers, care givers, and store employees in hundreds of cities across the country walked off the job Tuesday demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage and union...

Hundreds of Students at Stanford University Stand In Solidarity with Mizzou

Following Victory, Black Students Evacuate Missouri Campus Amid Terrorist Threats

University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday, amid calls from students, faculty and lawmakers for him to step down.   Wolfe faced pressure...

U. Missouri President Resigns After Black Football Players Walk Out

By Tyler Kingkade and Travis Waldron, the Huffington Post     University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe announced Monday that he would resign, amid calls...