Civil Rights & Social Justice

Livestream Dexter Wade's funeral, the Black man secretly killed and buried by officials in Hinds County, Mississippi. Here's how to watch online.

Civil Rights & Social Justice

The 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is being streamed online and is live right now. Here's how to watch a livestream as civil rights leaders converge on the nation's capital.

Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to deliver a speech about Florida's newBlack history school curriculum that whitewashes slavery. Here's how and when to watch a livestream of her address.

Nation

Minneapolis honored the life of George Floyd more than a week after the unarmed 46-year-old Black man became the victim of a police homicide following suspicions of a nonviolent crime.

The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting their 25th Annual 2016 Freedom Awards this evening in Memphis, Tennessee.

Nation

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is being laid to rest today.

An 18-year-old Atlanta native livestreamed the moment after three men opened fire on her car as she, her mother, and a friend were ordering from a Burger King drive-thru in Florida early Tuesday morning. According to the Miami Herald, Donesha Gantt was with two women at a Burger King in Opa-locka, when three gunmen shot a total […]

President Barack Obama arrived in New York City Monday morning to announce the launch of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance at Lehman College in the Bronx, NBC reports. My Brother’s Keeper, whose aim is to “address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and ensure that all young people can reach […]

UPDATED: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 6:32 p.m. As Baltimore cleaned up from Monday’s unrest, President Obama called the mayhem a symptom of a “slow-rolling crisis” in interactions between law enforcement and people who are “primarily African American, often poor.” While slamming “a handful of criminals and thugs who tore up the place,” he also observed that […]

On Monday morning, thousands of family, friends, and supporters attended the funeral of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore resident who joins many other young colored victims of police brutality. Gray, 25, died after suffering a spinal injury during an arrest at the hands of Baltimore police two weeks ago. His death brought support from other families who have lost loved […]

Nation

On Monday, April 6, Dr. Cornel West and Carl Dix, co-initiators of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, will discuss police brutality against unarmed people at Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew in New York, NY. The emergency meeting was called to address the need for people to gather for a national mass shutdown held by the […]

The family of Maya Angelou has arranged a private memorial service in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. Due to limited seating capacity, the family has decided to have a closed service for family and friends only but the university has decided to livestream the service for the public. Watch […]