All posts tagged "Black Lives Matter"

Justice Department to Investigate San Francisco Police Department

By Soumya Karlamangle, The LA Times and other sources   The U.S. Department of Justice is beginning a review of the San Francisco Police Department, which...

‘Poetry for the People’ Raises Funds for Police Commission Ballot

The Coalition for Police Accountability (CPA), a group of community organizations whose mission is to place a Police Commission on the November 2016 ballot, is holding...

‘Failure to Supervise’ Goes All the Way to the Top

By Erica Garner, Huffington Post     My father, Eric Garner, was killed by New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo a year and a half...

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder to Attend State of the Union

By Lauren Burke, NBC News   Alicia Garza, one of the three female founders of Black Lives Matter, will be the guest of Rep. Barbara Lee...

Four Days of Protests Planned to Rekindle MLK’s Radical Legacy

Social justice organizations are planning “96 Hours of Direct Action to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy,” from Friday Jan. 15 through MLK Day on Jan. 18, taking...

Interfaith Leaders Arrested After Occupying DA O’Malley’s Office

On Wednesday, 14 leaders from diverse faith backgrounds were arrested after holding a sit-in at Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s office in Oakland, demanding that...

Vigilia de grupos asiáticos, árabes y latinos por afroamericanos matados

Miembros de la comunidad que representando a varias organizaciones de activistas culturales realizaron una vigilia, procesión y manifestación cultural en el centro de Oakland la noche...

Asian, Arab, Latino, Native American Groups Hold Vigil for Slain Blacks

Community members representing several cultural activist organizations held a vigil, procession and cultural rally in downtown Oakland Monday evening, defending the Black Friday 14 who are...

Minneapolis Mayor Calls for Federal Investigation into Police Shooting as Protests Continue

By Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root   The mayor of Minneapolis has called for a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting Sunday of 24-year-old...

Bay Area Labor, Black Lives Matter Unite to Fight for $15/hr. and Racial Justice

Fast-food workers, care givers, and store employees in hundreds of cities across the country walked off the job Tuesday demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage and union...

Hundreds of Students at Stanford University Stand In Solidarity with Mizzou

Following Victory, Black Students Evacuate Missouri Campus Amid Terrorist Threats

University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday, amid calls from students, faculty and lawmakers for him to step down.   Wolfe faced pressure...

U. Missouri President Resigns After Black Football Players Walk Out

By Tyler Kingkade and Travis Waldron, the Huffington Post     University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe announced Monday that he would resign, amid calls...

Outrageous Racist Threat at Berkeley High Sparks Outrage, Students Walk Out

Berkeley High School students walked out of classes, rallied on campus and marched to UC Berkeley yesterday in the wake of news that a racist threat...

For Centuries, Black Lives Did Not Matter

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist   It ought to be unnecessary for an activist movement to hinge on the principle of the equivalency of life. In...

Attendees of First Black Lives Matter Conference in Cleveland Hosed with Pepper Spray After Protesting Nearby Arrest of 14-Year-Old

Nicole Hensley, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS   CLEVELAND (The New York Daily News) — About a dozen people leaving the first-ever Black Lives Matter conference...

Attendees of First Black Lives Matter Conference in Cleveland Hosed with Pepper Spray After Protesting Nearby Arrest of 14-Year-Old

Nicole Hensley, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS   CLEVELAND (The New York Daily News) — About a dozen people leaving the first-ever Black Lives Matter conference...

Jeb Bush Condemns ‘Political Correctness’ of #BlackLivesMatter Protesters

(The Washington Post) – After an event in Gorham, N.H. today, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush rolled his eyes at the mention of protesters who heckled...

Jeb Bush Condemns ‘Political Correctness’ of #BlackLivesMatter Protesters

(The Washington Post) – After an event in Gorham, N.H. today, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush rolled his eyes at the mention of protesters who heckled...

#BlackLivesMatter Is Winning the 2016 Democratic Primary

(Time) – When Black Lives Matter protestors stormed a room at a meeting in Phoenix and demanded that the 2016 presidential candidates say the names of...

Why Hillary Clinton and Her Rivals are Struggling to Grasp Black Lives Matter

(The Washington Post) – Amid the famous politicians, wealthy donors and top Democratic Party officials invited to New York last month to watch Hillary Rodham Clinton...

Family Seeks Independent Autopsy of Woman Found Dead in Jail

    HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — The family of a Chicago-area woman found dead in a Texas jail cell last week is ordering an independent autopsy,...

NAACP Youth Seek ‘Black Lives Matter’ Activism For Nation’s Oldest Civil Rights Organization

Aaron Morrison, THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES   PHILADELPHIA (The International Business Times) — After a white supremacist gunned down nine worshippers at the historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist...

Help McClymonds Students Travel to South Africa

Special to the Post   One week before their Transatlantic educational visit to South Africa, a group of McClymonds students, mentors, and teachers known as “Culture...

Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy: Equal Justice Matters

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist   This month marks what would have been the 107th birthday of the late United States Supreme Court Justice...