Alicia Keys is shining the light on Black women in entertainment. She is teaming with PBS to create a documentary titled American Masters: How It Feels To Be Free. Six legendary entertainers have been chosen to spotlight: Lena Horne, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson, Pam Grier, and Abbey Lincoln. These women had to overcome the roadblocks… Read more »
The Hill reports that eight weeks after the death of George Floyd, Minnesota’s Legislature passed a round of police accountability measures early Tuesday which includes a ban on chokeholds. In addition to the chokehold ban, this new legislation also improves data collection on deadly force encounters by creating a new investigative unit. A panel will… Read more »
Thousands are expected to walk off the job to protest racial inequality on Monday (July 20th). Over two dozen United States cities are expected to participate in the walk off. The “Strike For Black Lives” will happen at noon and is expected to last anywhere from 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time… Read more »
A man and woman were caught on camera defacing a “Black Lives Matter” mural in Boston. A man is seen with a spray can, looking around before spray painting the word “black” on the mural with black spray paint. The owner of the store, Justin Pomerleau, says the mural is painted on says this is… Read more »
The black man who shared the now-infamous ‘Central Park Karen’ video is now standing up for the woman who called the cops on him. In the video, Chris Cooper confronts a woman about leashing her dog, and she threatens to call police and “tell them that an African American is threatening my life”. The woman,… Read more »
Justin Timberlake joined Taylor Swift and other celebrities from Southern states who are calling for the removal of their state’s confederate statues. Timberlake took to social media and posted a video from ACLU that details the history of monuments that celebrate KKK leaders and those who benefited from racism. “When we protest racism in America,… Read more »
