The NFL quarterback revealed the jersey on his Instagram page. Read more…More about Nfl, Mashable Video, Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick, and Nfl Football
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Jay-Z made a documentary about Trayvon Martin’s murder. Here’s what you should know about it.
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When Sybrina Fulton was asked to return to Sanford, Florida, the city where her son Trayvon Martin was fatally shot in 2012, she remembers refusing.
“I’m never coming there,” she says in the new documentary series Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story. Fulton could barely brush her teeth or comb her hair — how could they ask her to set foot where her son died?
But then something changed inside her. That transformation is documented in the first episode of Rest in Power, thanks to footage from her sister’s phone. Read more…
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Ving Rhames recalls the time police held him at gunpoint in his own home
In America, even fame can’t protect black people from the life-threatening dangers of white fragility.
While promoting Mission: Impossible: Fallout on Sirius XM’s radio show The Clay Cane Show, actor Ving Rhames revealed that he himself was the victi…
Police violence and activism lead the first official trailer for ‘The Hate U Give’
The trailer for the film adaptation of Angie Thomas’ novel The Hate U Give is here, and the film looks incredible.
Based on Thomas’ New York Times bestseller, inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the film follows teenager Starr Carter who…
Russia stole these activists’ causes — but they’re not backing down
A picture of Michael Brown in his cap and gown. A gender equality sign. A housewife wielding a rifle. These images can powerfully signify the causes that countless activists spend their life fighting for, across the political spectrum.
But they are a…
Fake Black Lives Matter Facebook page was bigger than the official one
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At more than 310,000 likes, the official Black Lives Matter Facebook page has a sizeable following.
Yet as CNN has discovered, an imposter page, which uses the campaign’s name, has amassed more than 700,000 likes.
The page is allegedly linked to a website owned by an Australian man, Ian Mackay, who has registered a number of sites related to black civil rights like blackpowerfist.com.
At least $100,000 was brought in via online fundraising associated with the Facebook page, for causes purportedly for BLM. However, according to the report, some of this money was instead transferred to Australian bank accounts. Read more…
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View More Fake Black Lives Matter Facebook page was bigger than the official oneBlack Lives Matter co-founder explains what people get wrong about Black History Month
Patrisse Cullors has had a major influence on the Black Lives Matter movement ever since it began in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Here she explains what many people get wrong when it comes to how they think about Black History Month and wh…
View More Black Lives Matter co-founder explains what people get wrong about Black History MonthBlack Lives Matter co-founder explains what people get wrong about Black History Month
Patrisse Cullors has had a major influence on the Black Lives Matter movement ever since it began in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Here she explains what many people get wrong when it comes to how they think about Black History Month and wh…
View More Black Lives Matter co-founder explains what people get wrong about Black History MonthBlack Lives Matter co-founder reveals 3 ways to be a better activist
We sat down with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, to find out how to be a better activist in 2018. Read more…More about Twitter, Mashable Video, Black Lives Matter, Activism, and Activists
View More Black Lives Matter co-founder reveals 3 ways to be a better activistActivists are registering voters at ‘Black Panther’ screenings for #WakandaTheVote
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It’s rare that blockbuster movies do anything to move culture forward besides make people really annoying on Twitter.
Ben Shapiro rants aside, Black Panther is a lovely exception. Activists Kayla Reed, Jessica Byrd and Rukia Lumumba from the Movement for Black Lives‘ Electoral Justice Project recently launched #WakandaTheVote to help register voters at Black Panther screenings across the country.
“This weekend we wanted to meet our people in Wakanda,” the activists told Blavity. “We know that for some it’s a superhero world, but we know that the world we deserve is still waiting to be built — and we want to build it! This upcoming spring and November 2018 midterm elections are an important step in building that new world, and we want to take every opportunity to engage our communities in the conversation of electoral justice.” Read more…
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View More Activists are registering voters at ‘Black Panther’ screenings for #WakandaTheVotePatrisse Cullors says she’s not a fan of ‘woke’
Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of ‘Black Lives Matter,’ talks about the common misconceptions people have regarding the movement, Black History Month, and the word ‘woke.’ Read more…More about Black Lives Matter, Black History Month, African Ameri…
View More Patrisse Cullors says she’s not a fan of ‘woke’Activist Patrisse Cullors sets the record straight about Black Lives Matter in new book
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Patrisse Cullors — activist, advocate, community organizer, and co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter — wants to set the record straight: “The story of Black Lives Matter starts before Black Lives Matter. The story of Black Lives Matter, for me, starts with my childhood.”
Since the monumental activist movement was created in 2012 by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, Black Lives Matter has called attention to systems that keep Black communities oppressed, including mass incarceration and police violence. The movement gained national attention as it protested the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, and the 2014 killing of Michael Brown, and the 2014 killing of Tamir Rice. Read more…
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