Posts Tagged ‘Protests’
Mich. Teacher Drags Student From Seat After Not Standing For Pledge
Breanna Edwards, The Root Everybody is all about freedom of speech and expression until a black person (hey, Colin Kaepernick; hey, Jemele Hill) decides to exercise his or her right to do so. And in this particular case, a black sixth-grader out of Michigan says he was assaulted by his homeroom teacher all because he…
Read MoreThe history of American protest music, from “Yankee Doodle” to Kendrick Lamar
The evolution of American protest music includes an array of artists, many Black, have penned creative and influential songs.
Read MoreSt. Louis Neighborhood Erupts Following Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting
Heavily armed police deployed tear gas into a North St. Louis City residential neighborhood last night (August 19) in an attempt to quell protests that incited after city police shot and killed an 18-year-old black man, Mansur Bell-Bey.
Read MorePost-Baltimore, Most Americans Believe Unrest Was Just One Big Criminal Act
The results are in: A majority of Americans think the Baltimore unrest was just another mad, black riot.
Read MoreCitizens Stand For Economic Equality With #BlackWorkMatters And The #FightFor15
In a push for racial justice, protesters took to the streets in cities across the country — from New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Sacramento and New Orleans — to demand a $15 per hour minimum wage and the creation of a union for fast food workers.
Read MoreProtests In U.S. Cities Against Police Violence Prompt Arrests
Protesters in several U.S. cities blocked highways and swarmed police precincts, leading to at least two dozen arrests in demonstrations touched off by fresh cases of police violence against unarmed black men.
Read MoreProtesters Against Police Brutality Begin 9-Day March From New York To D.C.
A march from New York City to Washington, D.C., to protest police brutality started Monday morning in Staten Island — the borough where Eric Garner died last summer after being put into a chokehold by a New York police officer.
Read MoreNYPD Unveils Anti-Terrorism Unit To Deal With Protesters
The nation’s largest police department will begin using counter-terrorism tactics against protestors.
Read MoreA Reminder of Black Heroism
Despite some believe them to be lesser people, many Black people frequently and heroically risk themselves for others.
Read MoreThe Birth of CORE
The Congress Of Racial Equality, also known as CORE, spearheaded voting, education, and related projects to promote racial equality.
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