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A dark abyss. If someone were to ask me where I was on August 9, 2014 – before I received news that yet another black man had been a victim of state-sanctioned violence –that’s my answer. A dark abyss. I was on the brink of giving up on my existence, growing tired of life and […]

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We still have quite a way to go… According to MappingPoliceViolence.org, police in the United States have killed 184 Black people in 2015. It’s daunting to think of the murders of Black folk in this country in a statistical way when families have lost fathers, mothers, daughters, and sons. I hoped so many things would […]

An Ottawa, Canada memorial for Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old woman who died in a Texas jail cell earlier this month, was defaced with an “All Lives Matter” slogan just a day after it appeared, the Huffington Post reports. The tribute, made possible by Ottawa-based artists Allan Andre and Kalkidan Assefa, showed a colorful depiction of Bland […]

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The Department of Homeland Security has made it their business to keep tabs on Black Lives Matter activists since the uprising in Ferguson, Missouri following the state-sanctioned killing of Michael Brown, The Intercept reports. The Intercept obtained “hundreds of documents” through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that detail intensive surveillance that could possibly be […]

NYC #ShutItDown for Eric Garner! This Friday we show our resistance This Friday we show our power #NOJUSTICENOPEACE pic.twitter.com/Pn2kZacv1X — Millions March NYC (@MillionsMarch) July 11, 2015 One year after Eric Garner was brought to his knees by a New York Police Department officer and placed in a violent and deadly chokehold for allegedly selling […]

No matter what, Twitter has DeRay’s back. On Wednesday, DeRay McKesson and Montel Williams engaged in a brief Twitter spat after the former talk show host critiqued McKesson’s career as an activist who flourished through his strong use of social media. @deray is no MLK. Let’s just get that real clear. — Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) June […]

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM EST For live updates from the road, please follow the following live streams via Periscope: Justice League’s Rameen Aminzadeh: @jllivemovement GlobalGrind’s Michael Skolnik: @MichaelSkolnik ————–  It’s finally here. Members of Justice League NYC will be joined by fellow activists and friends to embark on a historic journey — a nine day march from New […]

Members of the Justice League NYC were joined by New York City politicians, civil rights leaders, and activists as they presented plans of action against racial injustices at a press conference Monday for the upcoming #March2Justice. Created under Harry Belafonte’s organization The Gathering of Justice, director Carmen Perez spoke on the march, which will span over five states from April 13 […]

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Over the past few months, the concept of “feminism” has been at the forefront of national conversation. Many celebs, including Beyoncé – who spearheaded her own “Flawless” feminist movement – have declared themselves feminists and used their platform to advocate for women’s equality. But are African-American women being pushed out of the feminist movement? Social […]

Ferguson, Missouri, freedom fighters stopped by the Rolling Stone offices in New York City to discuss the ongoing climate in their town with regards to the strained relations between its residents and law enforcement. Millennial Activists United Co-creator Ashley Yates (pictured right), local hip-hop artists T-Dubb-O (pictured left) and Tef Poe (pictured center), and Tory Russell (not pictured), cofounder of Hands Up United […]

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You’ve hit the streets. You’ve carried picket signs. You’ve joined choruses “No Justice, No Peace,” “I Can’t Breathe,” and even “Fight the Power.” You were angered not only at the deaths at the hands of police of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Akai Gurley, but the countless others whose names you may never know. […]

The Black community is, in large part, coming together to speak out against the tragedy of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo. Many on social media and elsewhere have stepped up to demand justice. There is, however, some small tension between young activists and the old guard Civil Rights Movement set with many disagreeing over […]