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White Cop Named Paul Holden LaFleur Allegedly Kills Black Man With Bullets In His Back
Guillory and Brown. Photo: Facebook [Speaking Truth To Power] Over the last few years, African Americas have seen a steady stream of mayhem and ...
Mandating Body-cams Through Rep. Rush’s “Laquan McDonald Camera Act”
Van Dyke: face of pure evil–gunned down unarmed Laquan in cold blood Rep. Bobby Rush, (D-Illinois), last week introduced the “Laquan McDonald Camera Act ...
Uprisings, Kerner Commission, and America’s Unfinished Business
Marian Wright Edelman These words are from the 1968 summary report by the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission ...
If They Didn’t Think Martyrdom Was The Answer They Wouldn’t Have Done It
[Letter] The ideas of Dr. Joyce Watford in “BLACK MARTYRDOM IS NOT THE ANSWER!” are appropriate for a sunday school lesson but are of ...
Redefining Racism by Reexamining Jeffersonian Democracy
Thomas Jefferson — country will never honestly address today’s racial woes while ignoring the nation’s history As America celebrated 240-years of “democracy” on July ...
Forum On Police Killings: State of Emergency in the Black Community
Alton Sterling and Philando Castile [Community Announcement] Delrawn Smalls, killed July 4, 2016 in Brooklyn; Alton Sterling, killed July 5, 2016 in Baton Rouge, ...
Dallas, Baton Rouge And The History of Police Relations with Black America
Galvin Long [Speaking Truth To Power] The murders of three Louisiana Police officers by the hands of Marine Sgt. Gavin Long, coming a week ...
At Memorial For Eric Garner, Sharpton Denounces Shooting Death of Three Baton Rouge Cops
Sharpton with Gwen Carr; file photo National civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton spoke today at New Hope Baptist Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, ...
Three Baton Rouge Police Killed in Shootout, Police Say
Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie Three Baton Rouge police officers were killed in a shootout with men wearing all-black outfits and several others ...
Balancing: In Tribute to Slain Dallas officers Obama Also Recalls Two Black Men Killed by Cops
Mr. President and Mrs. Bush; my friend, the Vice President, and Dr. Biden; Mayor Rawlings; Chief Spiller; clergy; members of Congress; Chief Brown — ...