Category: Race

By Tim Kephart, CBS 46 ATLANTA (CBS46) – Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said he has received death threats after the decision to indict former APD Officer Garrett Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosnan on felony murder charges. The threats come as D.A. Howard said he thinks the public wants to speed things up in the criminal […]

By Kathryn Lundstrom, Adweek Courageous Conversation took out a full-page ad in the city’s 100-year-old Black publication As Tulsa, Okla., prepares for President Trump’s Saturday night campaign rally, Courageous Conversation Global Foundation bought a full-page ad in The Oklahoma Eagle, one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned newspapers. Featured Image, Courageous Conversation Global FoundationFull article @ Adweek

By EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On the morning of June 18, 2015, police apprehended a 21-year-old white man named Dylann Roof and arrested him on suspicion of murder. The previous evening, Roof had entered the Emanuel A.M.E. church in Charleston, South Carolina, and sat in on a Bible study session for about an hour before […]

By Abby Phillip and Kate Sullivan, CNN Politics Tulsa, Oklahoma (CNN) The beating heart of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District is Vernon A.M.E. Church. Vernon sits atop the only structure still standing after the 1921 race massacre left the once-prosperous black district burned to the ground and hundreds if not thousands of its residents homeless or dead. The weight of that legacy […]

By Danielle Garrand, CBS News New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order on Wednesday recognizing Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the end of slavery in America — as a holiday for state employees. The holiday is celebrated each year on June 19. Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day and Freedom Day, will be a paid day of […]

By Dylan Byers, NBC News Reed Hastings has been involved in education reform since the late 1990s, including backing charter schools — a subject that has polarized the education community. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, on Wednesday announced that they are committing $120 million to the United Negro College Fund and two historically […]

By Derek Hawkins, Matt Zapotosky and Fenit Nirappil , The Washington Post The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks after a DUI stop was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault and other offenses Wednesday, less than a week after the 27-year-old black man’s killing set off a new wave of protests against racism and police brutality. […]

By Ben Kesslen, NBC News “We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype,” Quaker Oats said, adding that the move is an effort “toward progress on racial equality.” The Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix will get a new name and image, Quaker Oats announced Wednesday, saying the company recognizes that “Aunt Jemima’s […]

By Scot Loyd Blog Dear Roy,  You were the friend of my youth. You are black and I am white. When we became adults, we drifted apart. You served in the military. I served in the ministry. You died too soon for me to tell you this in person, so I’ll tell you now. You […]

By EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously decided Loving v. Virginia, declaring state bans on interracial marriage unconstitutional and striking down a total of sixteen states with laws still active throughout the country. Richard and Mildred Loving married in Washington, D.C. in 1958 — but when […]