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Justice For Greenwood Foundation: We Demand A Federal Investigation Into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

By Damario Solomon-Simmons\Justice for Greenwood Foundation Photos: YouTube Screenshots I wanted to share some reflections from our recent event, “The Burning Truth,” where we ...

dedication of a Central Park gate for the group of men known as The Exonerated Five.

Gate of Exonerated Five Unveiled at Central Park

Photo: YouTube African drums could be heard loudly on Monday to celebrate the dedication of a Central Park gate for the group of men ...

On Saturday, a white supremacist committed a senseless act of violence in Buffalo, N.Y., shooting and killing 10 people

Buffalo Shooting: We Must Stand Against Rising Tide Of Racism

Photos: Twitter WASHINGTON, DC–On Saturday, a white supremacist committed a senseless act of violence in Buffalo, N.Y., shooting and killing 10 people in what ...

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Trayvon Martin And Black Lives Matter: A Decade Later

Photo: Twitter Fifty-six years separate the extrajudicial killings of Black boys Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till, each of their fates catalyzing movements of social ...

Reverend Al Sharpton's book "Righteous Troublemakers"

Book: ‘Righteous Troublemakers’ Explores Unsung Heroes of Civil Rights Era

Photo: National Action Network Reverend Al Sharpton has just released a new book “Righteous Troublemakers” about unsung sheroes and heroes of the Civil Rights ...

NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson

Arbery Verdicts Are “Long Overdue” Says NAACP President

Photos: Twitter NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson releases the following statement on the guilty verdicts against the three white vigilante murderers in the ...

"Ghost Boys," by Jewell Parker Rhodes, is, according to Rhodes' website, a story of 12-year-old Jerome who is shot and killed by

Florida School Board Removes Police Brutality Novel After Police Complain

Photo: YouTube Teachers in one Florida county have paused the use of a novel about police brutality after the local police union called the ...

None of us are safe from racist violence—especially, Black children like Quawan “Bobby” Charles.

Quawan “Bobby” Charles’ Death Does Not Matter to Many Because He Wasn’t White

Photo: YouTube The death—and likely murder—of 15-year-old Quawan “Bobby” Charles, in Louisiana, is one of the latest examples of Black lives not mattering in ...

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REFLECTIONS ON RACE AND REPRESSION IN AMERICA

The killer four in Minneapolis: Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao. Screen capture CNN. There is no such thing as “police ...

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George Floyd Murder Aftermath: From Righteous Rage to Police Reform?

[George Floyd\Police Reform] Nagler: “If we seize it in the correct spirit it will be an opportunity not only to reopen and significantly advance ...