John Legend has said that only statues of people who deserve to be revered by the public should remain on display.
01.06.2020 - 03:47 / billboard.com
With protests happening nationwide, John Legend is warning those out in the crowd that COVID-19 is still a very real and deadly virus. The singer voiced his support for peaceful protesting over the death of George Floyd, but also reminded people to take precautions to protect themselves and others from getting sick."Please stay as safe as you can.
There is still a deadly virus that thrives on people being really close to each other. Distance as much as possible and wear a mask to protect
.John Legend has said that only statues of people who deserve to be revered by the public should remain on display.
Eric Diep Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States — June 19, the day in 1865 when Texas was the final Confederate state to be notified of the Union victory and, thus, the freeing of all slaves in the U.S.
John Legend says the death of George Floyd is a reminder that Black people in the singer’s life are in danger.
John Legend pictured himself and his younger brother's son when he watched the video of George Floyd being suffocated to death by a Minneapolis police officer.In an interview with Willie Geist slated to run on Sunday's (June 21) episode of the TODAY show, father of two Legend says watching Floyd slowly die as the officer kept his knee on the unarmed black man's neck for nearly nine minutes was a harsh reminder that someone he knows could have been under that knee.“We do see our family members
Juneteenth — the holiday marking the end of slavery in the US on June 19, 1865.“I’m excited that the album’s coming out that day,” says Legend of “Bigger Love,” which arrives two days before his “John Legend and Family: A Bigger Love Father’s Day” special airs on ABC. “And I’m excited that people are taking a moment to celebrate the ending of slavery in this country … It also reminds us that we still have a ways to go to get more free in this country.
John Legend finished recording his seventh studio album in February, he, like everyone, couldn't have imagined the state of society four months later, juggling both a global pandemic and a social revolution, with the police killing of George Floyd causing civil unrest in the streets of America.On a Zoom listening session for his Bigger Love album earlier in June, Legend said that the stirring 16-track project's lyrics "feel different now, given the circumstances," but views part of his duty as
John Legend has attacked Donald Trump for his response to the Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the US, describing him as a “bigot” with a “sick mind”.
"Justice in Policing Act of 2020" police reform bill in the wake of George Floyd's murder and resulting protests.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Kamala Harris and more Democratic lawmakers wore the traditional cloth while kneeling for eight minutes and 46 seconds at the Capitol's Emancipation Hall to commemorate Floyd, a Black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for the same amount of time.
Nicola Sturgeon says she might have joined Scots in protesting racism over the US death of George Floyd had it not been for coronavirus. With a number of demonstrations planned across the country, the First Minister doubled down on calls for demonstrators to make their voices heard virtually and avoid risking a spread of the deadly bug.
"The time has come to defund the police"
Twins John and Edward Grimes, better known by their stage name Jedward, have shown their support behind the Black Lives Matter movement by joining a protest in Los Angeles, America.The march was in response to the wrongful killing of George Floyd, 46, an unarmed black man who was arrested, pinned to the ground and died after a policeman kneeled on his neck in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the US.The Irish pop stars, 28, shared several videos on their Twitter account where they could be seen marching
Taraji P. Henson, John Legend and Lizzo have added their names to a letter calling for the stop on increases to police budgets, following the death of George Floyd and increase in social unrest from this past weekend.