#BlackLivesMatter

Updated Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST Trayvon Martin would have been 20 today. Let those words sink in and try to imagine the grief of a parent having to bury a child, especially at the hands of a reckless coward who didn’t follow police orders. Sybrina Fulton (pictured below right) and Tracy […]

#BlackLivesMatter groups nationwide released balloons honoring police murder victims Sunday. The actions were timed to coincide with the Super Bowl’s kickoff, occurring in places such as Atlanta and outside the Arizona Cardinals Satadium. SEE ALSO: How Marshawn Lynch Says So Much By Barely Saying Anything Around fifteen people showed up for the NYC balloon release outside […]

Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel looked at three instances of police misconduct involving African Americans. First off, military vet William Wingate was harassed and arrested by Seattle police for using a golf club as a cane and “walking while Black.” Dash cam video shows the officer involved accusing Wingate of swinging the […]

Ben & Jerry’s founders incited anger for publicly coming out in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. In a speech earlier this month at their yearly franchise convention, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield appeared on stage wearing “hands up don’t shoot” t-shirts. Cohen and Greenfield encouraged franchisees to sell the t-shirts with proceeds from the sale going to Hands […]

Many of us have nostalgic memories of our Girl Scout troops – collecting badges, camping, pushing those Samoas and Thin Mints. But there’s one group of young ladies in Northern California who take a different approcach to weekend fun — they rock brown berets and march in the name of #BlackLivesMatter. They’re the Radical Brownies! […]

Podcast: Download Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel, featuring Lauren Victoria Burke, Dr. Jason Johnson, Sophia A. Nelson and Cleo Manago discuss what topics President Barack Obama should address during his State of the Union speech. Will Pres. Obama talk about #Ferguson, police brutality, poverty, criminal justice reform, increase in racial tensions or the […]

Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel, featuring Lauren Victoria Burke, Dr. Jason Johnson, Sophia A. Nelson and Cleo Manago to discuss what topics President Barack Obama should address during his State of the Union speech. Will Pres. Obama talk about #Ferguson, police brutality, poverty, criminal justice reform, increase in racial tensions or the […]

A small #BlackLivesMatter contingent celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday Thursday by hosting a sing-in throughout the N.Y.C. subway system. The group was en-route to the African Burial Ground for the People’s Power Assembly Citywide Strike Against Racism honoring King and his legacy. RELATED: Police Officials Blame Brutality Issues On Local Communities Entering a downtown R train at the […]

Protesters stormed a Portland, Ore., school board meeting earlier this week, demanding more time to learn about a bid to reduce racial and economic segregation in the city’s public schools, Reuters reports. SEE ALSO: Police Officials Blame Brutality Issues on Local Communities The meeting was cancelled and the vote postponed Tuesday to allow protesters to […]

Attorney Benjamin Crump and Samaria Rice, the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, shared a message to young men of color reminding them that “Your Life Matters.” Rice, whose 12-year-old son was killed by a Cleveland police officer while the boy was carrying an airsoft toy gun,  encouraged African American youth to remember that they are […]

GOP leaders have vowed to continue to challenge President Barack Obama on several issues. On Wednesday, The White House issued more vetoes against top-priority legislation of the predominately Republican Congress. One of the major changes that the GOP leaders are looking to make is to the Affordable Care Act, which would change the requirements of […]

The family of a Georgia man has hired George Zimmerman’s former attorney to help investigate the death of the 22-year-old, who died in police custody after an argument with his girlfriend on New Year’s Day, according to WSAV Channel 3. SEE ALSO: NAACP President Responds To Colorado Springs Office Bombing Matthew Ojibade’s family has retained […]