News From A Colorful Perspective
A new study from Rutgers University-Newark has found that police are a leading cause of death among young — especially Black — men in America today. The study, which compiled data on police-involved deaths in the U.S., estimated the risks of being killed in a law enforcement encounter by age,…
Testifying while Black already carries heavy difficulties and obstacles. Now, there’s one more – a new study, which will be published in the journal Language next month, has found that court reporters say they have difficulty “understanding Black people” when they speak African American English (AAE). It all started after the…
Trayvon Martin was unarmed and only 17 years old in 2012 when he was shot by 28-year-old “neighborhood watch captain” George Zimmerman. When Zimmerman was acquitted on the basis of “self-defense” using Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law, it sparked nation-wide protests and the Black Lives Matter movement. The tragedy also…
White men can be allies to Black women, but not in this case. The viral video of Arkansas State Sen. Stephanie Flowers, a Democrat, telling her all-white Republican colleagues that their priorities don’t include the lives of Black children and Black men, has not changed a thing. During a…
Trayvon Martin would’ve turned 24 on Tuesday but seven years after his death, it’s still open season on Blacks in America, and justice is for white men who shoot them. Emantic Bradford Jr., a 21-year-old veteran who ushered people to safety during a Riverchase Mall shooting in Alabama was robbed…
Winning in a district with affluent white voters as the majority, Lucy McBath was advised initially during her campaign not to talk about the details of her 17-year-old son’s murder. Instead, she not only mentioned Jordan Davis’ story, she also called attention to the reality of other Black teens like…
Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, was acquitted, according to jurors on the basis of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. It seems the same law will not work in shooter Michael Drejka’s favor. Drejka, 48, was arrested and charged with manslaughter on Monday for killing Markeis McGlockton, 28, in a store…
Just a month after the Department of Justice reopened the Emmett Till case, a memorial in Mississippi has been vandalized. It stood for a mere 35 days. It’s now pierced with bullets. This is not the first time the sign honoring the 14-year-old boy who was slain for whistling at…
“Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” a six-episode unscripted series devoted to the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin and subsequent trial of George Zimmerman, made its world premiere on Monday on the Paramount Network and BET. The series is based on a book Martin’s parents wrote and published together…
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