Black Lives Matter: How a Death in Ferguson Sparked a Movement in America

(CBS News) – One year ago, the nation watched as the city of Ferguson, Mo., erupted. St. Louis police, dressed in riot gear, stood in a...

Ferguson: The Other Young Black Lives Laid to Rest in Michael Brown’s Cemetery

(BBC) – There is still no headstone in the place where 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr is buried. Those who wish to pay their respects have to...

Ferguson Activists Prepare for Anniversary Weekend – and Beyond

Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American It has been one year since the world was introduced to the small city of Ferguson, Missouri...

Taxi Driver Fined $25K for Refusing to Pick Up Black Executive and Her Kids

MIDTOWN (DNAinfo) — A yellow taxi driver must pay $25,000 in fines and compensation for discriminating against a black family by refusing to pick them up...

11-Year-Old Detroit Boy Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of 3-Year-Old

(The Root) – An 11-year-old Detroit boy has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of 3-year-old Elijah Walker in what police are calling a...

What Do We Really Mean When We Talk About Cultural Appropriation

Mass Incarceration’s Failure: America’s Bias in Arrest, Conviction and Sentencing

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Half of Blacks Say Police Have Treated Them Unfairly

JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3 out of 5 — say they...

Jonathan Ferrell Shot 8 Times While Crawling, EMT Said Police Would Not Let Him Administer First Aid

(Daily Kos) – Beloved by his family and friends, 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell was engaged to be married and had recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, from...

More People Are Dying in Custody. And More People Are Committing Suicide in Local Jails.

(The Washington Post) – A lot of people die behind bars each year in the United States. And the number is going up, according to the...

Black Children Experiencing Post-Recession Gains

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Eight years after the Great Recession, Black children are prospering in some regards and still struggling in...

Federal Hate Crimes Filed in Charleston Church Shooting

By Brian E. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call COLUMBIA, S.C. (FinalCall.com) – A federal grand jury in South Carolina returned a 33-count...

Civil Rights Groups Demand Federal Investigation into the Death of Sandra Bland

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A broad coalition of civil rights groups delivered more than 500,000 signed petitions to the Justice...

Sandra Bland’s Family Files Federal Lawsuit

HOUSTON (USA Today) — The family of Sandra Bland, the Illinois woman found dead in a Texas jail cell last month, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Houston...

Prosecutor: White Officer Panicked Before Shooting Black Man

JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Both sides in the voluntary manslaughter trial of a white Charlotte police officer in the on duty shooting...

U.S. Gun Violence: A Human Rights Failure

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The United Nations Human Rights Committee has given the U.S. a series of failing grades on human...

NAACP’s ‘Journey for Justice’ Protest March Begins in Selma

    SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Protest marches have been part of Selma’s civil rights fabric since 1965, but an 860-mile trek to Washington had a...

Black Lives Matter: Coming to a Museum Near You?

    WASHINGTON (NPR) — As we approach the one-year anniversary of unarmed black youth Michael Brown’s death at the hands of Ferguson, Mo., police officer...

Black Lives Matter Organizers Labeled as “Threat Actors” by Cybersecurity Firm

Brandon Ellington Patterson, MOTHER JONES   BALTIMORE (Mother Jones) — Documents from a “crisis management” report produced by the cybersecurity firm ZeroFox indicate that the firm monitored...

Live Updates: Police Shooting Trial of CMPD Officer Kerrick is Underway

Michael Gordon and Elizabeth Leland, THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER   CHARLOTTE (The Charlotte Observer) — The voluntary manslaughter trial is fully underway for Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Randall...

After 16 Years in Prison, Young Killer Eyes Release

John A. Torres, Florida Today, via USA TODAY   MELBOURNE, Fla. (USA Today) — By this time Saturday, Catherine Jones will be a free woman. The 30-year-old, being...

Michael Brown, Sr.: ‘A Piece of Me is Gone’

Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY   ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — The father of Michael Brown still grieves for his son, but finds solace in the change...

No Charges Against Other Officers in Cincinnati Shooting

Sharon Coolidge and Dan Horn, The Cincinnati Enquirer via USA Today   CINCINNATI (USA Today) — Two officers who arrived moments after former University of Cincinnati...

Glare of Video Is Shifting Public’s View of Police

Richard Pérez-Peña and Timothy Williams, THE NEW YORK TIMES   (The New York Times) — They began as workaday interactions between the police and the public,...

Women Police Officers Express Passion for Male-Dominated Field

by Victoria T. Davis Special to the NNPA from the Indianapolis Recorder The law enforcement field has been an intense topic of discussion, more specifically police officer...