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Black Lives Matter 10-year anniversary: Why was it founded and what has changed?

The international movement took off after the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012

Evening Standard

In 1997, a 13-year-old was beaten by white Chicago teens. A podcast challenges the racial narrative that followed

CHICAGO — The new podcast “You Didn’t See Nothin” takes a critical look at the media narrative that followed the 1997 Bridgeport neighborhood beating of 13-year-old Lenard Clark Jr., a Black child who lived in Chicago's Stateway Gardens public housing development, going to get air for his bike tire, by…

Chicago Tribune

Ben Crump demands justice for Ajike Owens, the latest time he's supported a grieving Black family

Ben Crump has become a powerful figure in the movement seeking equality for Black Americans and justice for those killed by police

The Independent UK

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White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday

The Independent UK

Sheriff probes 'self defense' claim of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor in front of kids

A Florida sheriff says detectives must investigate self-defense claims before any criminal charges can be brought against a white woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud

The Independent UK

From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium, Harry Belafonte served as a champion of youth activism

Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered, perhaps none is more enduring than the celebrated entertainer’s lifelong support for youth activism.

The Conversation

Farewell to a beloved elder: Activists reflect on Belafonte

Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at age 96, left behind generations of admirers and proteges

The Independent UK

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'Stand Your Ground' Laws Are Back in the News, but It's Not Clear Why

The duty to retreat from public confrontations has nothing to do with the cases cited in recent stories about seemingly unjustified shootings.

Reason

Wrong-place shootings put 'stand your ground' laws in the spotlight

They were shot after pulling into the wrong driveway, ringing the wrong doorbell, getting into the wrong car in a parking lot.

Los Angeles Times

Ralph Yarl shooting: Can a doorbell ring justify a ‘stand your ground’ shooting?

A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City

The Independent UK

‘Stand your ground’: the US laws linked to rising deaths and racist violence

The shooting of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell, revives concerns about expanding self-defense laws

The Guardian - US

Can a doorbell ring justify a 'stand your ground' shooting?

A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City

The Independent UK

2 shootings at mistaken addresses have renewed the focus on 'stand your ground' laws

Stand your ground laws have proliferated in the years since the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black teenager killed in 2012. Research shows the laws have led to an increase in firearm homicides.

WEKU

Suspect surrenders after outrage in US shooting of Ralph Yarl

Lawyers for Yarl are demanding to know why gunman was initially released after Thursday’s shooting in Missouri.

Al Jazeera

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Evening Standard

Ryan Calais Cameron: “I wrote For Black Boys out of my pain, and the pain of people who look like me”

The writer and actor was shocked by the mental health issues in his old neighbourhood, and knew he needed to get it on the page. Next week the play opens in the West End

Los Angeles Times

Essay: The mother of Tyre Nichols couldn't hear his cries. Can you?

I have a vivid imagination, but I don't need one to visualize screaming for my mother in my last breaths, and her not hearing me.

The Independent UK

Keenan Anderson, cousin of a BLM founder, was a highly respected DC high school teacher. How did he end up ‘tasered to death’ by the LAPD?

Keenan Anderson begged for help from LAPD police officers. Instead, he was pinned down, tasered and died after suffering a cardiac arrest. His cousin Patrisse Cullors tells Bevan Hurley she hopes his death finally leads to meaningful police reform.

The Independent UK

Keenan Anderson, cousin of a BLM founder, was a highly respected DC high school teacher. How did he end up ‘tasered to death’ by the LAPD?

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‘Loudmouth’ shows Al Sharpton’s impact on the civil rights movement and his role as a voice for the Black community: ‘I’m the blow-up man’

CHICAGO — The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks this line in the documentary “Loudmouth,” the first on his legacy: “People call me to blow up issues. I’m the blow-up man and I don’t apologize for that.”

Salon

Cops killed George Floyd — not fentanyl

Parroting drug war propaganda, Ye repeats the lie that fentanyl and methamphetamine killed George Floyd

Daily Mirror

John Boyega reveals he lost friends over anti-racism speech after George Floyd's murder

Actor John Boyega has revealed he lost friends after making a passionate speech at the Black Lives Matter rally in Hyde Park following the murder of George Floyd

Los Angeles Times

Roland Martin believes in Black-owned media, and he’s using his own money to prove it

Veteran journalist and political analyst Roland Martin’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., is filled with vibrant paintings and prints by Black artists. But the one that speaks loudest is the large collage topped with bold, large letters that say #BlackOwnedMediaMatters.

Tribune News Service

These law students see Supreme Court Justice Jackson as an ‘inspiration’

TAMPA, Fla. -- For the first time in its 232-year history, a Black woman holds a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Two white men arrested for ‘launching rock at Black teen’s car’ in attack caught on video

Donald Eugene Corsi, 52, and Howard Oral Hughes, 61, were both charged with damage to property

Chicago Tribune

Nick Cave walks through the highlights of ‘Forothermore’ at the MCA, his first major career retrospective

CHICAGO — Thirty years ago, when Nick Cave made his first Soundsuit — creating the foundation of what would become hundreds of signature costumes and sculptures, assembled with beads, old toys, stuffed animals, synthetic hair and sequins — he wrote in his journal that he was “working toward what I’m…

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