They might all be part of the thin blue line while on the clock, but Black officers worry about their own well-being when they’re off-duty.…
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Over the course of the last week pro athletes have taken the court and the filed wearing “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts and walking out with their…
By Denise Dunbar In LA, Kobe Bryant and just about all of his Lakers teammates wore black, “I can’t Breathe” T-shirts last night before their game with Sacramento. The shirts echo the growing national outcry against police brutality in the Eric Garner case. “I think it’s us supporting that movement and supporting each other as […]
By Denise Dunbar Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), one of several congress members who threw up the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture on the house floor last week, used his time on the house floor last week to remember Eric Garner. He recited a poem using Garner’s last words “I can’t breathe” . The text […]
This is overwhelming. I heard protestors singing this chant last Thursday Night on CNN while they were being arrested for standing for the non indictment in the death of Eric Garner. I was so inspired when I watched it on CNN that I sparked a challenge to singers across the nation. It’s sparked an even wider […]
Podcast: Download There are over two dozen major cities in America that will have mayoral elections in 2015. Three states will have gubernatorial elections and…
Guest host Jeff Johnson and “NewsOne Now” look at how millennials in the #BlackLivesMatter, #ICantBreathe and #HandsUpDontShoot movements are using social media to let their voices…
Americans all across the country continue to make their voices heard over Michael Brown and Ferguson, the recent grand jury decision not to indict the police officer who was videotaped killing Eric Garner, as well as police killings in Cleveland, Brooklyn and Arizona. Praise 102.5’s own Darlene McCoy recorded a protest song and is challenging all […]
