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Members of the Justice League NYC were joined by New York City politicians, civil rights leaders, and activists as they presented plans of action against racial injustices…

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Another disturbing video of police violence shows Detroit officers beating an African-American man during a traffic stop after he ran a red light on January 28.…

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A father of one was shot and killed by police officers outside of Atlanta when they tried to serve him an arrest warrant. Nicholas Taft…

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Keep checking this page through 11:59 p.m. on Saturday for photos and Tweets from #BLM247. Why? As the people from  Black Lives Matter said in…

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I’m no longer certain what’s more taxing: Having to write about yet another unarmed Black person experiencing excessive, brutal force from law enforcement, or having…

Because it is a social construct, race can often be a complicated matter. However, racism – notably, as it works in America – is a…

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The story: all too familiar. The aftermath: taking it to the streets. Late Friday evening, protests erupted in Madison, Wisconsin after an unarmed black teen…

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We have much to remember and be thankful for during Black History Month, but there’s also much to mourn. Today would’ve been Trayvon Martin‘s 20th birthday.…

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  African-American communities throughout the country have long been plagued by police brutality. The deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Ezell Ford (pictured) last…

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While 2014 has been a particularly explosive year for the Black community and judicial system, the reality is, cops have been getting away with murder…

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20-year-old Ferguson activist Rasheen Aldridge Jr. was invited to the White House by President Obama, along with a few other young activists from Ferguson Commission–a…

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The movement #BlackLivesMatter was created in 2012 after Trayvon Martin’s murderer when George Zimmerman was acquitted for his crime, and the slain 17-year old was post-humously…