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Where does NAACP request to feds to investigate death of Frank Tyson stand? | What we know
The Repository via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoTyson. The 53-year-old Black man died April 18 in the custody of Canton police, with his death...
A Virginia School Board Votes To Restore The Names Of Confederate Leaders At Two Schools | Essence
Essence· 14 hours agoThe Shenandoah County School Board in Virginia has decided to restore the names of Confederate generals Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Turner Ashby to two local schools. This ...
Crystal Welch, MFP Board Vice President, Killed in Triple Homicide
Mississippi Free Press· 15 hours agoMississippi Free Press Board of Directors Vice President Crystal Lynn Welch, a 42-year-old...
Teen run over by Chicago police car during 2020 George Floyd protests to get $525,000 settlement
CBS News· 5 days agoA teenager who was run over by a Chicago police vehicle during the protests of George Floyd's murder...
Today in History: May 25, police kill George Floyd
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoToday is Thursday, May 25, the 146th day of 2024. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed ...
Questions and grief linger at the apartment door where a deputy killed a US airman
theGrio via AOL· 54 minutes agoA small shrine to 23-year-old Roger Fortson is growing at his home, with notes and tributes from the Air Force […] The post Questions and grief linger at the apartment door where a deputy killed a US airman appeared first on TheGrio.
Philly’s police oversight commission has a new director after a tumultuous year. Here’s what Tonya...
Philly.com· 2 hours agoThe agency, created by City Council in response to calls for police accountability after the murder...
Report: As Black-Owned Businesses Face Funding Decline More Support Is Needed
Black Enterprise· 5 hours agoThe report also sets out that after an increase in venture capital funding following the 2020 George...
Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate school names; members explain why
Fox News· 4 days agoA county school board in Virginia decided this week to restore the original Confederate names of two...
Why Not Memes? | Lauren Michele Jackson
New York Review of Books· 8 hours agoThe first essay by Lauren Michele Jackson that I ever read was published in the summer of 2020, a week or so into the protests following the death of ...