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'Stand your ground' law now associated with more deaths from guns
Newsy via AOL· 10 months agoProtesters holding up posters of Trayvon Martin Ten years ago, George Zimmerman was acquitted for...
The Hill’s Changemakers: Wisdom Cole, national director of the NAACP Youth & College Division
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWisdom O. Cole never intended to be an activist. He thought he’d graduate from University of...
The Switch Up: Black Lives Matter, 10 years later
The Hill via AOL· 11 months agoTrayvon Martin was only 17 years old when he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman. His death, and the subsequent acquittal of Zimmerman, sparked...
Trayvon Martin’s mom, George Floyd’s brother to attend NCRM event about racial violence
WREG articles via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Friday, the National Civil Rights Museum will conclude its four-part series about...
Families of police brutality victims gather to turn 'grief into action'
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFamilies of Black men killed by police or gun violence have come together to brainstorm how to turn...
Ava DuVernay Talks the Healing Power of Film When Confronting America’s Traumas
Glamour via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAlongside her groundbreaking film Origin, DuVernay invites audiences into a first-of-its-kind...
Two White Men Arrested After Viral Vids Capture Terrifying Attack on Black Teen
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFacebook/CJ JonesTwo white men were arrested in Florida this week and accused of racial profiling...
After Uvalde shooting, people consider an 'Emmett Till moment' to change gun debate
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMamie Till Mobley weeps at her son's funeral on Sept. 6, 1955, in Chicago. The mother of Emmett Till...
What Emmett Till's Mother Taught Me About Grief and Justice
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMamie Till-Mobley, mother of lynched teenager Emmett Till, delivers a speech, Baltimore, Md. in...
Ben Crump Netflix Documentary Debuts at Black Film Fest
Newsy via AOL· 2 years agoBenjamin Crump has been called Black America's attorney general, representing the families of high-profile civil rights cases including Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. "We just ...