... anthem at NFL games. He also testified in opposition to reparations at a congressional hearing last year. And earlier this month, he spoke out against Black Lives Matter protesters, who he called an “evil group,” during a radio interview. “These people are Marxists. They hate the nuclear family. They hate ...
... Hispanics' unique contribution to area. "This is the work of a small, radical Native American group, not our Pueblos," Ortiz said. "They've hijacked the Black Lives Matter movement and our Anglo leaders are too scared to stand up to them." Ortiz is leading a online petition calling for the ...
Products like Aunt Jemima are going through a branding and advertising overhaul as companies respond to the Black Lives Matter movement. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports on America Inc’s efforts to address and eliminate brand names and imagery that reflect America’s racist past. ... Hari Sreenivasan: In response ...
... George Floyd and others that have sparked demonstrations against police brutality. A number of people in the crowd at Foley Square held signs reading “All Black Lives Matter,” with a black fist surrounded by rainbow colors. Most wore masks, though some scrapped social distancing in favor of hugging friends. One ...
... a matter of weeks as an extraordinary and diverse coalition of political, business, religious groups and sports leaders pushed to change the flag. At a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion in early June, thousands cheered as an organizer said the state needs to divorce itself ...
... cleared out the entire area around the corner of 16th and H streets — and pushed demonstrators away from the intersection, which had recently been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza by the city. Statistics released by the Metropolitan Police Department show that nine people were arrested Tuesday night and a total ...
... activism in the 1970s grew out of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. He hopes a similar movement for Native Americans comes from the Black Lives Matter movement. "What people find here is the story of America — it's multidimensional, it's complex," Griffith said. "It's important to ...
... Brown: The award show was conceived amid the pandemic, as Broadway and theaters everywhere were closed, but before the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests of the past few weeks. Now the push for change was even more urgent. Audra McDonald: There's a desire and ...
... sparked rallies all across the country became an issue too important for the genre to ignore. Country artists, labels and country music organizations posted about Black Lives Matter on social media, participated in Blackout Tuesday or denounced racism outright. But Black artists say the industry still needs to address the ...
... under new pandemic rules. During the day, several Democratic lawmakers read the names of those killed, shared experiences of racial bias and echoed support of Black Lives Matter activists. Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said hundreds of thousands of people “in every state ...
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