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Tyre Nichols’ Death Began With A Traffic Stop. Now, Organizers Want To Rethink Public Safety

February 22, 2023

By Brittany Brown

With city council ready to discuss excessive force in policy, DeCarcerate Memphis is pushing for true solutions, not just reform

I’ve Been Marching With BLM for Seven Years, It is a Nonviolent Movement

October 29, 2020

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

I couldn’t say how many Black Lives Matter marches, speeches, talks and fundraisers I have attended in New Mexico and South Carolina. We’ve been hitting the streets since 2014, shortly…

A Letter to My Daughter: Dear Baby Girl, It’s Okay to Feel Scared Right Now

June 26, 2020

By Topacio Marrero

  My 9-year-old daughter is questioning a lot of what is going on in our world right now. I explain to her the importance of Black Lives Matter and answer…

The Lynching Era Still Isn’t Over

June 23, 2020

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Black Americans have been fighting lynching for over a century.  In 1917, ten thousand African Americans organized by the NAACP marched in the Negro Silent Protest Parade to protest lynchings…

Afro-Dominicans Dismantling Anti-Blackness

June 11, 2020

By Topacio Marrero

(Photo credit: Andreya Tho) Like so many of you, I’m doing my best to process the tragic loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the many more Black…

We Are Called to Deeply Listen to Those Impacted by Police Violence

October 23, 2018

By Nissa Tzun

Hearing families who have been impacted by police violence speak is always a transformative and powerful experience for me. While I have been working with impacted families since 2009, the…

The Starbucks incident highlights the daily indignities that Black people face

April 18, 2018

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

A good friend of mine commented on his Facebook page about the now viral video of the “Starbucks arrest incident,” which showed two black men being arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Skit Has People Talking About Who and What Really is Dividing Us

October 28, 2016

By Wendi C. Thomas

Originally published by The Undefeated. Did a Saturday Night Live sketch last week hint at a future hard to envision in today’s bitter political climate — a future in which…

Black Lives Matter Less Even in Drug Addiction

October 25, 2016

By Fred McKissack Jr.

Originally published on the Huffington Post.  A heroin needle. Photo credits to Wheeler Cowperthwaite via Flickr Creative Commons. Even when it comes to drug addiction, black lives matter less. Consider…

What Living in a High-Poverty Neighborhood Taught Me About Protests

October 18, 2016

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Photo credits to Dorret.  Originally published in TalkPoverty.  About 13 years ago, I lived in Charleston, South Carolina, where I was trying to make ends meet as a freelance writer. …

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