An Open Letter to Woke Young Brothers

Jeffrey Wright

Shout out to all the woke young brothers who’ve stood up in response to the injustices we've seen too frequently these past years, like when the lives of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Dontre Hamilton and Sandra Bland and too many tragic others were lost needlessly with callous impunity.

An Open Letter to Woke Young Brothers

Popular from The Root

Like Many Black Women, Kim Porter Was Under a Doctor's Care and Still Died. That's Terrifying

Another Day, Another Black Man Gets the Cops Called on Him for No Damn Reason

Viola Davis: 'If I were not a celebrity, I’d be invisible'

Alex Smith Leaves Game On Stretcher With Gruesome Leg Injury [Update]

We Finally Know How Wombats Produce Their Distinctly Cube-Shaped Poop

This Could Be the Cheap Pixel 3 People Were Hoping for

Like Many Black Women, Kim Porter Was Under a Doctor's Care and Still Died. That's Terrifying

Another Day, Another Black Man Gets the Cops Called on Him for No Damn Reason

Viola Davis: 'If I were not a celebrity, I’d be invisible'