A Black transgender organizer was killed by a Walgreens security guard on April 27 in San Francisco. Banko Brown, 24, was recently denied a housing opportunity he’d long been pursuing. Turned away from numerous homeless shelters, he eventually resigned to sleeping on the metro. Brown eventually […]
‘A video of a police encounter showing Asheville, Nc. officers violently detaining a Black man has sparked outrage in the community. According to ABC 13 News, the officers claim he assaulted them while resisting arrest but bystanders believe they were the ones who assaulted the man. […]
Critically acclaimed blues singer Otis Taylor is receiving his high school diploma nearly six decades after he was expelled due to hair discrimination. Taylor attended Manual High School in Denver, Colorado, but his education was cut short in 1966 when school officials demanded that he cut his hair or leave. […]
A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to 25 years in prison on May 10 by a Texas judge for killing a protester during the 2020 summer of civil unrest. Two very distinct portrayals of the soldier have been set forth. The prosecution made the soldier […]
Three Black college students in South Los Angeles have accused the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of racial profiling them on April 10. The three teens, 19-year-olds Armond Johnson, Laron Delton and Jayvonte George, were walking to the store on West 103rd Street and Budlong […]
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