Stand Your Ground Law
A dance group, Dancing for Action (DFA), held a flashmob outside Senator Chuck Schumer’s Midtown office Wednesday, demanding an end to “Stand Your Ground” laws.…
Calling youth involvement critical for any meaningful social change, hip-hop artist Talib Kweli (pictured center) became the latest celebrity to join the Dream Defenders, a…
Rev. Al Sharpton made a call to action when he said we’ve turned Trayvon Martin’s tragic death from a moment into a movement. The question…
It has been almost two weeks since a jury of six women found George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter. It has been…
Rev. Al Sharpton reminds people that the fight is not over for the “Voting Rights Act” and getting the “Stand Your Ground Law” repealed.
According to April Ryan, sources close to Stevie Wonder have confirmed a list of artists joining him in boycotting Florida because of the Stand…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was first published on HuffingtonPost.com on April 9, 2012. Dear Trayvon, I have been captivated by your story ever since I…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the NAACP Tuesday that Trayvon Martin’s death was “unnecessary” and “tragic” and questioned the wisdom of stand-your-ground…
So much for the over-hyped notion of a post-racial America: It’s open season on black men. Black America took an emotional gut punch Saturday night…
Saturday night, when the verdict came down, it was difficult to be a concert because there was so much pain. And that morning I was…
George Zimmerman wants his gun back. And he’ll get it. When asked by CNN’s Piers Morgan whether Zimmerman will keep the gun used to kill…
When rapper Lil Wayne used offensive lyrics that included the name of Emmett Till, it sparked a conversation about whether or not much of this…