Jul 29 Watch 6:11 Body camera footage of Samuel DuBose death contradicts indicted cop’s claim By PBS News Hour Ray Tensing, a white police officer, was indicted on murder charges for killing Samuel DuBose, a black motorist, during a traffic stop for not having a front license plate. Tensing said he was dragged by the car and forced to… Continue watching
Jun 28 Black churches in the South reportedly targeted by arsonists By Kenzi Abou-Sabe Six predominantly black churches in various cities in the South caught fire this week, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Three of the fires have been confirmed as cases of arson, two were likely accidental, and authorities are still… Continue reading
Jun 25 How Marvin Gaye and Nikki Giovanni help my students discuss racial violence By Colin Pierce When I planned the lesson out the day before, I didn't intend it to end with everyone crying in the basement of a church. And yet there we were. Continue reading
Jun 20 Website emerges with photos of accused Charleston shooter, manifesto By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Elisabeth Ponsot A white supremacist website containing an unsigned manifesto as well as photographs of accused Charleston gunman Dylann Roof surfaced across social media on Saturday. Continue reading
Jun 17 The problem with trying to label Rachel Dolezal By Colleen Shalby Society is quick to seek out labels for people. And when an identity isn’t so clear-cut, perhaps because the facts aren’t all in place, further questions arise. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 9:32 How do we change broken police relations in America? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill talks to Laurie Robinson of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic, and Lester Spence of Johns Hopkins University about the forces driving Baltimore’s upheaval and what’s needed to improve relations between… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 3:24 Freddie Gray mourners share anguish and determination at Baltimore funeral By PBS News Hour Thousands turned out Monday for the funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, a Baltimore resident who died in police custody earlier this month, adding to the national anger and debate over police use of force. Gray’s death has sparked daily protests,… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 4:44 Will Freddie Gray’s death provoke changes in Baltimore? By PBS News Hour Hours after a funeral for Freddie Gray -- a young man who died in Baltimore police custody -- violence and looting broke out, resulting in injuries of about a half dozen officers. Judy Woodruff talks to special correspondent Jackie Judd… Continue watching
Apr 04 National survey shows whites more likely to approve of police hitting citizens By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting people in far greater numbers than blacks and Hispanics do, at a time when the country is struggling to deal with police use of deadly force against men of color,… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 6:26 With growing focus on intervention for boys of color, a reminder not to forget the girls By PBS News Hour Continue watching