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More "weapons searches". How many more? #WattsRiots50 pic.twitter.com/Qe3C89HnR8 — Watts Riots 50 (@WattsRiots50) August 16, 2015 In an age when social media activism has spurred…

Longtime civil rights activist Dr. Benjamin Chavis has this to say about people who complain they’re tired of protest marches: “A lot of people say…

The "Yoga" singer's speech regarding police brutality was cut short just as she was about to touch on the Black Lives Matter movement

On Thursday afternoon, talented singer/songwriter Janelle Monae, her artist Jidenna, and her Wondaland collective, continued to stand with the “Black Lives Matter” movement this week during a march in…

Andre Anderson, Ferguson's interim police chief, is facing scrutiny following the reveal of his previous three suspensions.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush abruptly ended a town hall meeting after a Black Lives Matter protester raised a question

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In what Washington Post’s executive editor called “outrageous,” two journalists who traveled to Ferguson, Mo. at the height of protests last year to report have…

St. Louis officials are expecting the state of emergency to be lifted by Wednesday, the St. Louis Dispatch reports.

Police arrested several people late Monday in Ferguson after claiming protesters refused to leave West Florissant Avenue

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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…

There have been a string of new updates in the case of Samuel Dubose, the Ohio man who was shot in the head by a…

A Ku Klux Klan rally in South Carolina Saturday was overthrown by anti-racism protesters and a few viral moments that shifted the conversation from hatred to the…