Civil Rights & Social Justice
Wisconsin prosecutors on Tuesday announced they’ve decided against charging the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake last summer. Blake, 29, was left paralyzed after he was shot in the back seven times by Officer Rusten Sheskey, who opened fire when Blake leaned into his SUV. Blake’s three children, who were in the backseat, witnessed the […]
Chris Rock isn’t a fan of civil rights movies. The A-list comedian says that his mother shared her experiences during the civil rights era with Neal Brennan for his How Neal Feel podcast and he says “the movies make racism look very fixable.” Rock called the relationship between black and white people in the 40s and […]
The memorial in honor of Breonna Taylor will be moved from Jefferson Square Park, where it’s been for months, will be moved to the Kentucky African American Museum. “The material needs a protected space with winter coming,” said Shameka Parrish-Wright, co-chair of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Roots 101 African American Museum founder Lamont […]
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released a new PSA with Morgan Freeman last night on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show……and it was spot on!!!
Sgt Jonathan Mattingly is the officer who was shot in the leg during the March 13th raid into the home of Breonna Taylor. Kenneth Walker, Breonna’s boyfriend, stated he shot Mattingly thinking the home was being broken into, now Mattingly has filed a counterclaim against Walker alleging assault, battery and emotional distress. The suit claims Walker’s conduct […]
In a history-making move, the governor of Massachusetts has nominated Kimberly Budd to be the first Black woman in history to serve as the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court. “Her resume speaks for itself, but above all it’s her selflessness character and integrity that stuck out to me since the first time I met […]
Nas and Meek Mill are condemning Philadelphia police after officers killed a mentally ill man who was brandishing a knife. Walter Wallace, a 27-year-old black man who suffered from mental illness, was shot in front of his mother after she pleaded with police not to shoot. Meek Mill, who is a Philly native, took to social […]
One of the police officers involved in the raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment says Taylor’s shooting death was “not a race thing.” Speaking out for the first time, Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly tells ABC News officers identified themselves and knocked on Taylor’s door six times before finally forcing their way inside. “We expected that Breonna was going […]
Jay Z and his Team Roc have stepped up to the plate to pay the fines for those arrested at Alvin Cole protests in Wisconsin. Jay’s foundation announced that 24 protestors, including the mother of Cole, fines will be paid. Protests in Wisconsin started on October 8th after it came out that the police officer who shot […]
In a recording made public on Thursday, a Louisiana State trooper can be heard saying he beat and strangled a Black suspect before “he just went limp” and died. The audio, which was captured by Trooper Chris Hollingsworth’s body cam microphone, appears to be related to the May 2019 death of Ronald Greene. Although troopers have […]
A woman now known as ‘Zoom Karen’ interrupted her granddaughter’s Zoom class when she heard mention of Black Lives Matter. Zoom Karen demanded to know why they were talking about BLM because it was a Language Arts class not History Class. The teacher explained they were reading a story and the teacher posed the question to […]
Back in 2011, Michael Vick went to vote in Florida and found out he couldn’t. That’s because he had a felony on his record. He addressed the process he had to undergo to be able to vote in the documentary miniseries. More Than A Vote. More Than A Vote is the organization headed up by LeBron James to get […]
