One year later, a look at NBA arenas will help answer that question.
By William C. Rhoden, The Undefeated How will the NBA and other sports leagues acknowledge the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer? How the sports world commemorates Floyd — or whether it remembers him at all on Tuesday — will go a long way in telling us how far we […]
Small groups remember the death of George Floyd a year ago today. – New York City New York USA – May 25, 2021 (Shutterstock) New York — On the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, Maya Wiley released the following statement: “‘Daddy changed the world.’ Those were the words of little Gianna Floyd, […]
Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict doesn’t save us, but here are some ideas that might help
Woman leading a group of demonstrators on road. Group of women protesting for human rights and against racism. – Miami Downtown, FL, USA – May 31, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Lonnae O’Neal, The Undefeated I am dreaming of ways to keep Black children safe from the police. I am scheming up scenarios where Black people have […]
America, and its rich and powerful, didn’t actually care about Black people when they put out statements and donated money
People pray and take a knee for nine minutes and 29 seconds in memory of George Floyd on the first anniversary of his death, May 25, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Shutterstock) By Martenzie Johnson, The Undefeated I truly believed things would be different this time. And can you blame me? In the moments following the […]
Furniture and belongings in Tulsa street during race riot of May 31 – June 1, 1921. Original caption states the owner was probably evicted during the riot. Photo by Alvin C. Krupnick Company, Tulsa, Oklahama. By Gregory B. Fairchild, The Conversation When Viola Fletcher, 107, appeared before Congress in May 2021, she called for the […]
By PIX 11 Iconic civil rights leader Malcolm X’s life was cut short when he was gunned down 56 years ago inside the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights at just 39. He would have turned 96 years old Wednesday and to celebrate his life, legacy and ever-relevant message, his family is holding a free livestream […]
By Lena V. Groeger, ProPublica The economic and health crisis brought on by the pandemic has struck Black Americans especially hard: from their prevalence among workers in essential high-risk fields, to their disproportionate share of deaths, to extensive job losses. But the racial disparities didn’t begin with the virus. National unemployment numbers that now seem […]
Virginia Fairfax County building entrance sign for open IHOP restaurant for take-out and delivery during coronavirus. – Herndon, USA – June 11, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Joseph Wilkinson, MSN A white woman harassed four Black soldiers Monday afternoon at a Virginia IHOP and called them the N-word twice, one soldier said. The unidentified woman initially offered […]
By Chris Harris, MSN A Louisiana man on trial for allegedly killing two Black men allegedly searched the internet for information on genocide, Nazi propaganda, white supremacists, and gun silencers in the days before and after the 2017 killings. PEOPLE confirms Kenneth Gleason, 27, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with […]
Hundreds take streets after jury finds former police Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts in death of George Floyd in New York City, United States on April 20, 2021. (Shuterstock) By Alexis Karteron, Jeannine Bell, Rashad Shabazz & Ric Simmons, The Conversation Scholars analyze the guilty verdicts handed down to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin […]