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Publix Supermarkets Ban Black Lives Matters Apparel for Employees
Publix is apparently trying to be the Starbucks of the supermarket game. After seeing the coffee chain come under fire for initially not allowing employees to wear Black Lives Matter apparel, Publix came through and said, “Hold my beer.” NBC News reports that Publix has released a statement saying that employees are not allowed to…
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‘I Will Shoot You. Get Off My Porch’: Video Shows Man Pulling Gun on Black Lives Matter Activists at Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Home
Black Lives Matter activists claim they went to Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s Granada Hills, Calif., home to invite her to attend a community meeting, but instead they were met by a man with a gun who informed the activists that he didn’t care who they were, he was going to shoot them…
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In Wake of Deadly Charlottesville Protests, University of North Carolina Police Surveilled…Anti-Racism Activists
Police at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, alongside state investigators, monitored the cellphones of antiracism protesters demonstrating against the campus’ Confederate statue, “Silent Sam,” in 2017. NBC News broke the story, which comes just a week after the UNC System revealed it paid upwards of $2.5 million to a Confederate group to take the…
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NAN Convention Arrives Just as Civil Rights Progress Is Taking Its Biggest Hit in Decades
Stevante Clark clung to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s neck as Sharpton delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Stevante’s brother, Stephon, who was gunned down by Sacramento, Calif., police officers on March 18. At one point during the service, Stevante took the mic from California NAACP President Alice Huffman and asked the audience if they…
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Black Lives Matter Issues Official Statement Regarding Fraudulent Social Media Accounts
After it was revealed that the biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was a fake and not at all related to either the global movement or any of the local chapter organizations, many people who have either supported or given money to BLM organizations have expressed concern about how they can determine whether a…
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Yes, the March for Our Lives Was About Black People, Too—and It’s About Time
The ability of the Parkland, Fla., school-shooting victims to organize nationwide gun control rallies less than six weeks after their school was attacked is nothing short of a political miracle. Even Byron Allen couldn’t have predicted the perfect storm of demographics, inept politicians, charismatic kids and engaged media that has overtaken the nation. What’s more…
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Watch: Hundreds Gather at Funeral for Erica Garner
On Monday, at the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, supporters, activists and celebrities gathered to mourn the passing of 27-year-old mother and activist Erica Garner. Garner—whose father, Eric Garner, died after being choked by police—died tragically on Dec. 30 of a heart attack. Watch the video above to hear from Erica Garner’s friends and…
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Black Lives Matter Leader Plans to Sue NYPD for Viciously Slamming Him During Peaceful Protest
What could be more ironic (or horrible) than an activist against police brutality being brutalized by police? Just another day, apparently. A Black Lives Matter leader from the Bronx, N.Y., says he plans to sue the city because he says cops with the New York City Police Department went HAM on him when they arrested…
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#WeOutOrNah? The Internal Conflict of a Conscious Black Person Postelection
“Ohio. North Carolina. Florida. My God. This is really happening.” As last night’s results rolled in, I was hunkered down in a war room with colleagues. Together we watched our greatest fear, and that of millions of others around the country, be actualized in real time. My body stiffened as state by state, vote by…