The Nation Needs an Immediate Cure for Racism, Just Like the Coronavirus, SCLC Leader Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. Says
Displeased African American woman holding end racism placard while protesting with crowd of people on city streets. (Shutterstock) ATLANTA – Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., president and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), announced today that the civil rights organization is organizing a major summit of leaders to help America find a cure for racism. […]
By BBC The brother of the African American man whose death in police custody has sparked global protests, has urged the US Congress to pass reforms on police brutality and “stop the pain”. Philonise Floyd told a House hearing that his brother George could not become “another name on a list”. “Be the leaders that […]
Photo Credit: Erin Schaff/The New York Times By BBC Philonise Floyd has been testifying in front of the House Judiciary Committee in the US Congress – he told the hearing that his brother George could not become “another name on a list”.
Houston Memorial Gardens Cemetery where George Floyd will be buried – Houston TX/USA – June 2020 (Shutterstock) By BBC The funeral of George Floyd, an African American whose death in police custody spawned global outrage, has heard impassioned pleas for racial justice. Speakers in the church in Houston, Texas, lined up to remember a man […]
Protesters and protest signs at the Black Lives Matter protest in Washington, D.C. in June 2020 – Washington, D.C./United States of America – June 7, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Maribel Hastings and David Torres The United States is being stalked by different scourges: the coronavirus pandemic and its resulting economic crisis; the political violence against African […]
By Erin Donaghue, CBS News The former Dallas police officer standing trial for murder in the shooting death of her neighbor broke down in tears as she testified in her own defense Friday morning. Amber Guyger began crying and trembling as she recalled approaching her neighbor Botham Jean’s door before fatally shooting him. Guyger has said […]
