... wanted to invite more people to be part of the establishment. And he got a bit of pushback on that during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement. And he started to more publicly discuss issues related to diversity and inclusivity and what it meant to be a Black ...
Mike Gonzalez: Lonnie Bunch, who is today the secretary of the Smithsonian, he was the head of the African American History Museum, and he ordered the curators to start collecting and curating materials from the Ferguson riots and from the Black Lives Matter demonstrations and riots from that point on ...
The group's commitment to human rights activism continued in 2020 when they donated $1 million to the Black Lives Matter movement, denouncing racial discrimination and violence. Their fan base, known the world over as ARMY, responded by matching the donation within 24 hours. Their dual impact on music and ...
... so — and is deploying active-duty troops to support the guard. By overriding Newsom, Trump is already going beyond what he did to respond to Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, when he warned he could send troops to contain demonstrations that turned violent if governors in the states did ...
... mass mobilization like the Women's March in 2017, which brought thousands of women to Washington, D.C., after Trump's first inauguration, or the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted in multiple cities after George Floyd's killing in 2020. In Charlotte, North Carolina, protesters said they were supporting ...
... which were taken down or replaced around the country after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, which is detested by Trump and other conservatives. The order also calls for improvements to Independence Hall in Philadelphia by July ...
... receiving supplemental oxygen, but has been able to follow a weeklong spiritual retreat at the Vatican via videoconference. In Washington, D.C., workers began removing Black Lives Matter Plaza today. The giant yellow letters were installed in June of 2020 after days of protests there over police brutality in the ...
... merchandise. The church filed the lawsuit to try to recoup damages from vandalism made by group members after a December 2020 pro-Donald Trump rally. Black Lives Matter banners were torn down and burned at two churches, including Metropolitan African Methodist. There were also violent clashes between opposing protesters and ...
... the murder of George Floyd, it is time for you to stand up and boycott Target,’” Hussein said. The organizers of the boycott include local Black Lives Matter groups. During the boycott announcement, some speakers cut up their distinctive red Target charge cards, while others called on DEI supporters to ...
... evolving external landscape, now and in the future.” There's no doubt the U.S. civil rights landscape has undergone a massive transformation in the five years since much of corporate America adopted DEI goals in response to the Black Lives Matter protests that followed Floyd's death in Minneapolis.
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