Source: Mel Melcon / Getty Today marks the 65th anniversary that Emmett Till was brutally murdered in 1955. As his story continues to reverberate throughout racial justice movements till this day, a group of filmmakers are preparing to tell his…
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Not Just Karens: More People Seem To Be Taking The Law Into Their Own Hands During The Pandemic
Source: Charles Ommanney / Getty It’s a contentious time in the U.S., with a pandemic, racial equality, police violence and a presidential election all occupying people’s attention. Given all that stress, it can seem like people are taking the law…
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Black man found hanging from tree after reportedly exposing alleged pedophiles
(Photo credit: Mo Barnes for Steed Media) Activists are speaking out after another Black man was found hanging from a tree. A Change.org petition was started to call for further investigation into the death of Amani Kildea. Kildea, 20, was…
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Justice For Amani Kildea: ‘Lynching’ Suspected After Black Man Who Outed Pedophiles Is Found Hanging
The circumstances surrounding a Black man who was found hanging in New Jersey deserve answers after his death was ruled a suicide without any investigation, according to an online petition. Amani Kildea was found hanging in Morristown on June 28…
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Ben Crump calls Ahmaud Arbery’s killing a ‘modern-day lynching’
Benjamin Crump (Photo credit: Mo Barnes for Steed Media) Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump continues to fight for justice. Crump has been hired to serve as the lawyer for the family of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black Georgia man whose…
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Ahmaud Arbery ‘Lynching’ Grand Jury Could Be Expedited As Demand For Justice Grows
Pictured: A cross with flowers and a letter “A” sits at the entrance to the Satilla Shores neighborhood where Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in Brunswick, Georgia. | Source: Sean Rayford / Getty City commissioners in rural Georgia suggested…
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Investigation Underway After ‘Very Shocking’ Video Shows Georgia Students Pretending to Lynch Ethiopian Classmate
A college prep academy in Atlanta has indefinitely suspended several students seen in a social media video pretending to lynch a Black classmate in one of the school’s restrooms. Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School president Bill Garrett condemned the…
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