The Black Lives Matter group has been fighting to be heard since 2013 – and the phrase itself is now being seen on streets and screens all around the world after the killing of George Floyd. But how did the movement get here? And how did it begin? (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) ——- Watch more of our […]
The United States’ Constitution is not a very detailed document. It lays out the basic structure of government, and the details are filled in with legislation, and clarified and reinforced by court decisions. One of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions was the 1896 case of Plessy v Ferguson, which set the precedent that segregating […]
Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri officer in August 2014. After his death there were weeks of protest and demostrations in the streets demanding justice for Michael but overall change in the U.S. The activity on the ground in Ferguson helped bring national attention to the Black Lives Matter movement. […]
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://bit.ly/France24Subscribe THE INTERVIEW : Malaak Shabazz is one of the six daughters of Malcolm X, the civil rights activist who was assassinated 50 years ago this week. Malaak Shabazz is a human right activist. She has been invited to Paris by the Representative Council of Black Associations to speak about […]
The city of Ferguson, Missouri has a new police chief and he is a brother of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Frank McCall, a Fall 1980 initiate of the Alpha Beta Chapter of Iota Phi Theta at Southern Illinois University -Edwardsville, is set to take over the police department on August 2nd. McCall will take […]