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A Taco Bell Employee Was Fired For His Black Lives Matter Face Mask
A Taco Bell employee in Ohio was fired for his support of Black Lives Matter and posted the whole ordeal on social media
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Taco Bell Employee Fired For Wearing a Black Lives Matter Mask
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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Minneapolis Burning As Race Relations Flare | Afro
His life mattered, they say, until a police officer decided it
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Fiery Atlanta Rally Among US Protests of George Floyd Death | Afro
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Ohio Stylist Attacks And Jumps Female Client Over Pay Dispute
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Dave Chappelle Speaks On George Floyd In Surprise Comedy Special ‘8:46’
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Multiply the many delicious things denied to you by the very nature of one’s Blackness, and it becomes impossible to not understand why Black men have a desire for
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Curtiss Cook is dapper, driven and dangerous in ‘The Chi’
Relish and restraint come together in Curtiss Cook’s performance of the enigmatic Otis “Douda” Perry in Showtime’s “The
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The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck (all times
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DETROIT, United States (AP) — Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the US job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of thousands of auto workers are returning to factories that have been shuttered since mid-March due to fears of
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Protestors Slam Tallahassee’s Past Police Shootings After Black Person Is Killed By Cop
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George Floyd’s Brother: ‘Stop the Pain’ | Afro
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US legislatures slow to pass laws limiting use of force
A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of
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#FalseFreedom: How Can We Celebrate Freedom When We're Not Truly Free?
This protest encourages all people of color who have personally experienced any form of police harassment or racial injustice to tell their
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Ohio Senator Breaks Down During Session Due to Racism
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Black Teen Fatally Shot At Stop Light Days After High School Graduation In Suspected Hate Crime
18-year-old Na’Kia Crawford was gunned down just days after her high school
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House Democrats Push Toward Policing Vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a policing overhaul collapsed in the Senate, House Democrats returned to Washington for a day heavy with emotion and symbolism to vote on their sweeping proposal to address the global outcry over the death of George Floyd and other Black
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Atlanta City Council member Michael Julian Bond hosts drive-thru food event
Post 1 At-Large Council member Michael Julian Bond is hosting a drive-thru food distribution event Friday, May 15 at 1 p.m. at Rosel Fann Recreation Center, 365 Cleveland Avenue
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Let prisoners go during COVID-19 pandemic
As Piper Kerman, author of “Orange is the New Black,” wrote in the Washington Post, this is largely the result of prison sentences that are longer than those imposed by any other
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LeBron James Launches Nonprofit To Address Black Voter Suppression
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Dave Chappelle Drags Candace Owens And Laura Ingraham During Surprise Comedy Special - Blavity
Filmed on June 6 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the special — titled 8:46 to commemorate the length of time Floyd suffered under former officer Derek Chauvin’s neck hold — takes on police brutality and racism, reports the New York
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Black Lives Matter Has Been Doing The Work To 'Defund The Police' For Years
LOS ANGELES — On Monday, after the Los Angeles Police Department spent days violently attacking people protesting police brutality and racism, the City Council appeared set to allow a new budget — which would allocate nearly 54% of the city’s discretionary spending to the LAPD — to go into
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