(Above: AP/Chris Lee, St. Louis Post-Dispatch– People protest as tear gas canisters detonate around them on Wednesday, in Ferguson, Mo. ) (Politico) – In weighing whether to bring discrimination charges against
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“Hands Up,” “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” have become ubiquitous, a rallying cry for legions disheartened and dismayed by excessive police violence and society’s willingness to turn a
(pictured above: Protestors raise their hands during last week’s rally.) Locals disheartened by decisions not to charge white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men held their most visible
(pictured above: Michael Brown) Generally, those who celebrate Christmas mainly focus on the angels, Mary, Joseph, kings, and shepherds, but never on Herod and the soldiers who ordered the killings
Local leaders dismayed and encouraged to fight for change ( Rev. Willard Bass speaks as S. Wayne Patterson stands at his
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for Time Distributed via NNPA In 1971, a riot broke out at the Attica Correctional Facility in New
Statement by NNPA President, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. on Grand Jury Decision in Ferguson, MO about the Killing of
(pictured above: Kenny Brown speaks as Olivia Sedwick and Mona Zahir look on.) In the wake of the killing of
