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Just Mercy Is Available to Rent for Free Throughout June in Honor of George Floyd
Though the primary purpose of films is to entertain, it can also be used to make a statement and inform the masses on important issues throughout history. 2019’s Just Mercy was certainly touted as a film that accomplished as much. In June, Warner Bros. Pictures decided to make the critically acclaimed film available to the public…
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From the Ashes of Mike Brown Protests, Ella Jones Becomes Ferguson’s 1st Black and 1st Woman Mayor
On August 9, it will have been six years since Mike Brown’s death. Some six years ago, Ferguson, Mo. became front-page news when white officer Darren Wilson shot and killed an 18-year-old unarmed teen. The stories would be conflicting, the narrative would be familiar and the nation was forced to pick a side. Black folks…
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Tuesday's Protests Were Mostly Peaceful Even as Protesters Defied Curfews Across the Nation
Nationwide protests prompted by the death of George Floyd continued Tuesday night and were mostly peaceful even as protesters defied curfews that were meant to curtail the looting and vandalism that occurred during the night this past week. The Washington Post reports that around 2,000 protesters gathered near the White House—the largest gathering in the…
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Oprah Doesn’t Know One Black Man Who Hasn’t Been Racially Profiled, Including Stedman Graham
In a recent Zoom conversation titled, WW Presents: Your Life in Focus: A Vision Forward, Oprah and longtime friend Gayle King discussed the past weekend’s protests, which popped off following the police killing of George Floyd. (By the way 50 Cent, here’s some of the easily Google-able information you could’ve come across!) “I cannot stop…
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Minnesota Human Rights Department Files Civil Rights Charge, Will Investigate Minneapolis Police Department Over George Floyd’s Death
Say what you will about civil unrest, sometimes it yields results. Five days after former officer Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes and after a week of nationwide protests, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights filed a civil rights charge against…
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TikTok Apologizes for Claims of Suppressing Black Lives Matter-Centered Videos on Its App
TikTok, the popular video creation app, apologized for a controversy over the weekend involving the Black Lives Matter movement and those who aim to spread awareness about the senseless murder of George Floyd. TikTok users noticed that videos posted with the hashtags #BlackLivesMatter and/or #GeorgeFloyd had zero views, and others noticed that videos featuring these…
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To Sleep With Anger: Even as America Reckons With Its Racism, Black Pain Remains for Sale
He hadn’t even been dead a week. George Floyd, crushed under the weight of a Minneapolis police officer, hadn’t even been dead a week before at least one retailer found a way to profit from the pain coursing through America as cities literally burned with a rage simmering for 400 years. Not that there’s ever…
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Inspired by George Floyd's Death, Former NFL Exec Comes Clean: Colin Kaepernick Was 'Bad for Business'
Black people aren’t stupid. Contrary to whatever drivel the NFL and its legion of bigoted owners have tried to hide behind, we’re acutely aware that Colin Kaepernick was exiled from the NFL for protesting police brutality. And now, three removed from Kap’s showdown with the league, a former NFL executive is admitting what we already…
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Oh, We Holding Up Bibles? Nancy Pelosi Holds the Good Book While Asking Trump to Become Healer-in-Chief
Not like this, Nancy Pelosi. Please, not like this. On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), whose part-time job has been owning Trump, held a Bible while calling for Trump to stop the hate-speak and the combative tone he’s had since national protests calling for an end to police violence against black and brown people…
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Samantha Ware Calls Out Lea Michele's Performative Solidarity, Says Lea Made Her Life a 'Living Hell' on the Set of Glee [Updated]
As we turn to the “celebrity awareness” chapter of this life book we call “Living In The Age Of Da Rona, Protests and More,” the black community (especially on social media) is becoming more aware of the obtusely insensitive ways in which celebrities (and brands) have been attempting to show their support during the protests…