Tag: black lives matter
Jacob Blake Is Paralyzed From Waist Down After Being Shot By...
CBS Minnesota
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The father of a Black man who was shot, apparently in the back, by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says...
Memorials, protests in Ferguson on the sixth anniversary of Michael Brown’s...
By Bryce Gray and Rachel Rice
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FERGUSON — About 100 people gathered in a Ferguson street Sunday to mark the sixth anniversary of...
Minnesota Passes Police Reform Bill Two Months After George Floyd’s Death
By Nina Golgowski
Black Voices
Nearly two months after George Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck, lawmakers in Minnesota have passed...
Birmingham-Area Activists: This is More Than a ‘Hype Moment’
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
(Second of two parts on fight against racial injustice from Birmingham)
For local activist Erica Robbins, 38, the fight for...
Martez Files: The Influencer
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist:
Martez Files, When We Fight
Files, 29, said his organization, When We Fight—founded this year...
DeJuana Thompson: The Organizer
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist:
DeJuana Thompson, Woke Vote
Thompson, 37, was in Kentucky last month to organize a protest...
Erica Robbins: The Advocate
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist:
Erica Robbins, Be a Blessing Birmingham
Robbins, 38, said social media has been her greatest...
Onoyemi Williams: The Peacemaker
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist:
Onoyemi Williams, Birmingham Peacemakers
Williams, 44, said her focus has been on putting money into...
T. Marie King on ways for parents to talk race with...
By Richard Friedman
Southern Jewish Life
As our national temperature continues to rise over racial issues, the Levite Jewish Community Center (LJCC) recently hosted a Zoom seminar...
Alabama dancer’s Black Lives Matter video goes viral
By Michael Tomberlin
Alabama Newscenter
Rachel Lockhart is giving her own movement to the Black Lives Matter movement.
The 19-year-old Birmingham dancer was preparing to shoot a...
