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Source: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter | Author: Sophie Johnson | Original publication date: September 29, 2016  The JHU Forums on Race in America presented a panel on “The Next 50 Years: Black Power’s Afterlife and the Struggle for Social Justice,” Tuesday, Sept. 27 in Shriver Hall. The discussion panelists were Robin D.G. Kelley, the chair […]

Source: The Real News Network | Author: Jaisal Noor | Original publication date: June 25, 2016 JAISAL NOOR, PRODUCER, TRNN: After Officer Caesar Goodson was acquitted of all charges, including murder, for the death of Freddie Gray, we spoke to Adam Jackson, CEO of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, one of the groups who helped […]

Source: NBC News | Author: Donna Owens | Original publication date: May 26, 2016 BALTIMORE, Md. — The eyes of the nation and world were once again fixed on Baltimore as the second trial involving one of six police officers charged with the 2015 death of Freddie Gray came to a conclusion on Monday. In […]

Source: The Atlantic | Author: Emma Green | Original publication date: March 22, 2016 Where is the church in the Black Lives Matter movement? The spirit of the black church has long animated the movements for civil rights and social justice in America. The call and response, the vocabulary of oppression and solidarity: These are […]

Source: The Real News Network | Author: Jared Ball | Original publication date: March 7, 2016 Biography Bill Fletcher, Jr. is a columnist, activist, author and labor organizer. He is the executive assistant to the national vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees. Bill is an editorial board member of BlackComentator.com, as well […]

Source: WTOP | Author: Lexie Schapitl and Eliana Block | Original publication date: February 24, 2016  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Children wearing caution tape, the mayor of Baltimore, law enforcement officials and an HBO actress were among a crowd of people who visited Annapolis Tuesday as lawmakers considered several law enforcement reform bills. About 280 people signed up […]