There was a time when many Black people had hope and had reason to believe America had made progress on civil and human rights.

I look around me and see a few Black and Brown people that have been treated fairly and have become successful; but for every one of them, there’re many others who no matter how hard they work, there’s no justice.

After seeing the countless number of murders from the time Black people were enslaved, through Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement and beyond, we’ve seen racism directed toward Black, Brown and Native people.

The police have killed more Black people than criminals have in the past few years.

As a matter of fact, longtime police brutality in their community drove many Native Americans to join those protesting the murders of George Floyd and others.