Angela Davis

Where the Black Church Is in the Black Lives Matter Movement – Free Press of Jacksonville

“While you may have had many black pastors and clergy who may have shown up at events, and you may have had a lot of people from black churches who were at these marches and protests, from 2014 to the present, by and large, this has not been a theological movement,” said Watson Jones III, the

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

'Soul of a Nation' opens at MFAH June 27

During a time when the nation is under racial duress, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) is preparing to display “Soul of A Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” in record

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

'We Struggle Together, We Thrive Together'

The center, founded by Derrell Roberts and his wife Tina Roberts, currently runs four CDF Freedom Schools sites in the Sacramento, California

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

In Germany, George Floyd's Death Sparks Protests — And Artwork That Honors His Life

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Source: Stories About Black History

A loud demand for change

Court cases were proceeding at a snail’s pace and the municipal and county police forces effectively replaced the lynch mobs as agents to control the

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Trevor Noah Criticizes Police Attacking Protestors

On the Monday, June 8 segment of The Daily Show, comedian and host Trevor Noah took some time to shed light on the police brutality and violence directed towards protestors during the global outcry of demonstrations following the police killing of George

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

From Fannie Lou Hamer To Breonna Taylor, Black Women Have Been Victims Of Police Violence For Decades

Breonna Taylor’s story is reminiscent of countless others, and reflects a long-standing pattern: For decades, Black women have been targets of police violence and

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Source: NewsOne

Little Known Black History Fact: Juneteenth

As many around the nation and the world prepare to celebrate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, here’s what you should know about the important date in

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Source: Black America Web

Rep. Terri Sewell Supports Renaming Edmund Pettus Bridge

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell said Monday she is in favor of renaming the Edmund Pettus bridge in her hometown of

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Can Photography Be Decolonial?

Art historian Shawn Michelle Smith—in her new book Photographic Returns: Racial Justice and the Time of Photography—examines the famous photograph of Emmett

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Source: Public Books

Black Women Cannot Be All Things To All People At All Times - Blavity

A viral video showed a Black woman being thrown into a dumpster on the night of June 15 by a group of Black men in Black Lives Matter attire — including two young DC rappers named Fat Rodney and Cruddy Murda — after spewing inappropriate comments at

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Source: Blavity News

Never-ending wars in “Da 5 Bloods”

It’s very much like the notably fearless Lee to invoke American cinema’s most memorable treatise on the Vietnam War so early in his

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Shape The Culture to host Unity Rally in Kelly Ingram Park

Shape the Culture, a digital platform that focuses on highlighting the good work young individuals are doing to impact and move the country forward, will host a “Be the Change Unity Rally” on Sunday, June 21 at Kelly Ingram Park located in downtown

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Common, Angela Davis, Pete Rock, Ilyasah Shabazz to honor Malcolm X

Portrait of American political activist and radical civil rights leader Malcolm X (1925 - 1965) as he holds an 8mm movie camera in London Airport, London, England, July

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Source: theGrio

Angela Davis To Receive BCRI’s Shuttlesworth Award on June 19

Global human rights activist, scholar, author and Birmingham native Dr. Angela Y. Davis will receive the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award, the highest award given by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), on June

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Source: The Birmingham Times

How Black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny

The state’s new standards are going out to schools as a national conversation on racial injustice brings new scrutiny to how African American history is taught

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Faush Family Has Fond Farewell For a Legendary Pastor

Erskine Ramsay “Chuck” Faush Jr. didn’t get what he prayed for as his father’s health

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Tedx Speaker Dena Crowder Offers 5-Minute Guide on Tapping into Your Own Power to Affect Meaningful Change (WATCH)

In 1971, Wadsworth A. Jarrell painted “Revolutionary (Angela Davis),” tapping into his own power and skills as an artist to amplify the message and mission of the Black Power and Civil Rights movements by dynamically depicting political activist and leader Angela

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Black Sororities Team Up to Spread Self-Love – Free Press of Jacksonville

Beverly E. Smith, President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Activists Demand D.C. ‘Defund’ Police Amid Peaceful Protests

Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

How have African Americans progressed since 1960s?

Family wealth

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Source: BBC

Angela Davis commits to Joe Biden, says he can be "effectively pressured" - Face2Face Africa

The Marxist philosopher and former Black Panther, Angela Davis, says she will vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden come the November presidential polls. Davis spoke in an interview with RT and explained that her support for Biden rather than Donald Trump is because the former can be

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

This Day in Black History: June 21, 1964

It was one of the most brutal tragedies of the civil rights movement, one that drew international attention to the inhumaneness of the American

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

The U.S. Protest Police Brutality 2020

The leaders and followers of the civil rights movement marched peacefully and protested against violence to the same deaf ears but were often met with tear gas, vicious dogs, officers in riot gear, the U.S. military and hatred and bigotry just like

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Source: The Florida Star

The police are the real outside agitators

While the mainstream press has sought to distract from the protests by claiming it’s being orchestrated by outside agitators, they fail to reveal that much of the mayhem that came with the overwhelmingly peaceful protests was created by the police operating as undercover

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

We Will Breathe!

What we do know is that while the proximate causes of Mr. Floyd’s death lie in police brutality, his true murderer is white

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Africa: Black Lives Matter - Black Pride and Dignity, Too!

Police brutality and gross mistreatment across the justice system, discrimination across public services, unwelcoming gestures (micro aggressions) in the school hallways and so on, are just some of the daily phenomena that black people face all around the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Angela Davis: Philosopher, Radical Activist, Teacher

Angela Davis is known as a radical activist, philosopher, writer, speaker, and educator. She was well known for a time through her association with the Black Panthers in the 1960s and 1970s. She was fired from one teaching job for being a Communist, and she appeared on the Federal Bureau of

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Source: ThoughtCo

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Hear From People Who Celebrated Juneteenth Nationwide

Yesterday, people across the country gathered to mark Juneteenth with celebrations and

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Source: Stories About Black History

Secretary Bernhardt Designates John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park as African American Civil Rights Network Site

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt has designated the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park as an official member of the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN), formally recognizing the historical and national significance of the tragic Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

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