Tag: protests
Timeline of Events Since George Floyd’s Arrest and Murder
The Associated Press
A timeline of key events that began with George Floyd's arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis:
May 25,...
‘Hatred In The Eyes’: How Racist Rage Animated Jan. 6 Riots
Rep. Cori Bush is no stranger to protests. She spent years marching the streets of St. Louis and Ferguson, Missouri, rising to public office...
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
By Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of...
Ex-officer Acquitted of Lying About Arrest of Black Man
A former San Diego-area police officer who pushed a Black man during an arrest last year was acquitted Friday, December 10, of lying on...
Black Pastors and Churches Challenged, Mobilize to Brunswick, GA Ahmaud Arbery Trial
By Pat Bryant, BlackPressUSA
A modern-day lynching is what Civil Rights and Freedom Movement leaders are calling the death of Ahmaud Arbery and the trial...
