The article discusses advocacy for the activist movement Black Lives Matter at the December 2015 Urbana missions conference held by the evangelical college student ministry InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in St. Louis, Missouri. Topics include a speech by activist Michelle Higgins, the history of ...
Activists organized a number of Black Lives Matter demonstrations and rally throughout the Bay Area and country Monday. "The Black Lives Movement means so much to me. It's part of my life. It's part of my struggle and what I've been through. And not only me -- my parents and f...
Police ejected Black Lives Matter protesters from the entryway of the 4th Precinct police station Wednesday afternoon, leading to several tense hours and occasional violence. Chief Janee Harteau says most of the 400 protesters were peaceful, but some were violent – throwing hundreds of rocks, bot...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Leaders from the City of San Jose joined the community activist organization YouthHype to commemorate newly installed Black Lives Matter banners at San Jose City Hall. The project aims to use art to engage in critical conversations about race and representation. “We were happy ...
Champion of Inclusivity Fleming never appreciated how much being a Black woman in a senior leadership role inspires others. To her, it was where she was always headed. “Although My mom would encourage me to do a good job and work hard, she didn’t stress that I had to work harder or...
Katherine Ryder, CEO of Maven Bernard Tyson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente Social Good Komal Ahmad, CEO of Copia Philippe Cousteau Jr., philanthropist Adam Foss, former assistant district attorney in Boston Alicia Garza, cofounder of Black Lives Matter ...
Heba Rose Ahmed is a 16-year-old human rights & anti-racism activist from Manchester. She is known for creating theManchester March Instagram pagefor Black Lives Matter, which was instigated by the death of George Floyd. Heba was responsible for 15,000 people attending the BLM protest at Pic...
In other videos, she directly compared Black Lives Matter activists to the neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members who marched at a white nationalist rally three years ago in Charlottesville, Va., denouncing them all as “idiots.” And Greene forcefully rejected the notion there are racial disparitie...
If, for example, a company voices support for the Black Lives Matter movement but doesn’t have any Black people in executive positions, the stance could backfire and be seen as “woke washing.” Companies that take a stand must be aware of the risk of losing employees over their decision...
Table of Contents Introduction & Top Questions Abolitionism to Jim Crow Du Bois toBrown Montgomery bus boycott to the Voting Rights Act From Black power to the assassination of Martin Luther King Into the 21st century Black Lives Matter andShelby Countyv.Holder ...