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Spike Lee Further Clarifies His Thoughts on Upcoming Film ‘Chi-raq’ Which...
Throughout his 30 year career, Spike Lee has provoked and courted controversy, praise, criticism, anger and admiration with equal measure. A constant contrarian and revolutionary voice, Lee’s...
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New Study Connects Feelings of Helplessness to Violence Among Young Black Men
A new study suggests that violence among Black youth is caused by a feeling of helplessness, providing new context to addressing a serious problem in the Black community. The authors of the study– Dr....
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Mother of Jordan Davis Takes on Stand Your Ground Law
Lucia McBath/Aspen Institute A rash of police killings of Blacks has shifted the dialogue surrounding #BlackLivesMatter away from gun-toting vigilantes like George Zimmerman to calls for more police...
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White Fear and a Culture of Violence: Whites Kept Guns to Control Enslaved...
Gun sales are up in America, and so are gun massacres. The two are related, and provide a window to understanding the phenomenon of the culture of gun violence in America. It is necessary to consider...
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16-Year-Old Suicidal Teen with Toy Gun Killed by Florida Police
Media Takeout A Black teen was killed Sunday night in Florida after calling police to say he was going to commit suicide. It took one hour for police to show up, and they shot and killed Robert...
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Ice Cube, Common Participate in Vh1 Show Panel on Chicago Gun Violence
The Grio At a panel in Chicago, rappers Common and Ice Cube led a discussion on gun violence with protest organizers for a new special on VH1. The town hall took place March 14 and is part of a new...
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Dylann Roof’s Charleston Massacre, Other Mass Shootings Have Made Some Black...
Huey P. Newton Gun Club members march through the Dixon Circle neighborhood of Dallas. (Bobby Scheidemann) When Dylann Roof, a self-radicalized domestic terrorist, walked into a Black church in...
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Spike Lee Puts Empire State Building in Orange Lights for Two-Day Event...
Malay Mail Online As gun violence continues to claim Black lives year after year, filmmaker Spike Lee helped commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day at sunset June 1. He and three other public...
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Alicia Keys, Questlove Among Black Celebrities Demanding End to Gun Violence...
RCA/Wikipedia Many Black music stars are taking a stand against gun violence. In an open letter to Congress, hundreds of industry influencers have signed on to implore Congress to prevent shooting...
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Nation on Edge: Dallas Ambush Leaves 12 Police Officers Wounded, 5 Dead in...
Dallas Police respond after shots were fired at a Black Lives Matter rally in downtown Dallas on Thursday, July 7, 2016. | Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News In what has been characterized as the...
View ArticleBaton Rouge Shootout Leaves Three Police Officers Dead, Three Wounded
Three law enforcement officers were shot dead and at least three others wounded in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. One suspect had been...
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New York City J’Ouvert Celebration in Jeopardy After Killings
A man holds up a fake rifle during J’Ouvert, ahead of the annual New York Caribbean Carnival Parade in Brooklyn early Monday morning. (MARK KAUZLARICH/REUTERS) A Brooklyn State Assemblyman called...
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Are There Any Solutions to the Gun Violence Problem In the Black Community?
Former President Barack Obama tearing up while answering a question about what can be done to reduce gun violence. “We know that we can’t stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even...
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Sessions Threatens to Deny 4 Sanctuary Cities Crime-Fighting Aid Unless They...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions moved Thursday to again punish so-called sanctuary cities, this time threatening to deny...
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How Guns, Poverty and Racism Led to Baltimore Being the Deadliest City in the...
Girls promoting the Stand for Something Movement during the Baltimore Ceasefire. (Courtesy: Twitter @angela_empowers) Baltimore is in the midst of a record wave of gun violence. Following a recent call...
View ArticleTwo Killed In Grambling State University Shooting, Suspect on the Run
KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana News Weather & Sports Police are searching for a suspect in connection to an early morning shooting at Grambling State University that left two young men dead,...
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Grambling State Student Charged In Deadly On-Campus Shooting
Jaylin M. Wayne Turned Himself in to authorities Thursday. (Image courtesy of the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office) A freshman at Grambling State University has been arrested and charged with...
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Have You Heard: Top 5 Stories You Missed While You Were Sleeping
Obama sat down with Prince Harry to discuss President Trump’s inauguration, life after the White House, and why we should be optimistic about the future. Pop star Rihanna takes to Instagram to mourn...
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