On Saturday, October 10, the Million Man March converged on Washington, DC, on the 20th anniversary of the original March, with a demand for “Justice or Else.” Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, called on people of color to seize their destiny through self-empowerment and a new-found […]
Black Lives Matter
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Washington, DC – Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement activists and supporters confronted a White Supremacy Southern Heritage group which rallied at Upper Senate Park next to the U.S. Capitol Saturday, September 5. The White Supremacist group displayed two dozen Confederate flags while BLM activists held signs reading “Smash Racism and […]
Following up on their promise to ensure that no 2016 presidential candidate should be able to run without a real plan on how black people will survive and thrive after their initial disruption of the Presidential Town Hall at Netroots, members of Black Lives Matter took aim at Hillary Clinton […]
The Baltimore Curfew Highlighted A Racial Divide Between How Police Dealt With White and Black Protesters While many of the demonstrators in Baltimore questioned the legality of the Mayor Rawlings-Blake imposed curfew (which began on April 28th), tensions came to a climax on Saturday May 2nd with a city wide action to […]