In an attempt to combat the racial inequality in the USA, Michael B. Jordan called for Hollywood to invest in black staff during a protest.
05.06.2020 - 02:13 / canoe.com
Singer Michael Buble is encouraging fans to support the work of officials at the American Civil Liberties Union by offering to match up to $100,000 in donations.
The Home hitmaker has challenged his devotees to join him and “be part of the solution to help seek justice and equal rights” after he was left outraged by the May 25 death of George Floyd, an African-American man who lost his life after a white Minnesota police officer was caught on camera kneeling on his neck for more than eight
.In an attempt to combat the racial inequality in the USA, Michael B. Jordan called for Hollywood to invest in black staff during a protest.
It comes as protests continue across the US and around the world after the death of George Floyd, an African-American man, who was killed in Minneapolis when a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine-minutes and ignored the man’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jordan reflected on some of his movie roles, sharing what they have taught him about racial injustice and inequality.Speaking on his role as Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station, he said it gave
Basketball legend Michael Jordan and officials behind his athletic brand have pledged $100 million (£79 million) over the next decade to fight racial injustice.Days after the sports hero made a rare political statement expressing his deep pain and anger at the police brutality which led to the death of African-American man George Floyd in Minnesota, he joined forces with Jordan Brand executives to announce plans to support organisations working towards “ensuring racial equality, social justice
Angelina Jolie has donated $200,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund following the unjust murder of George Floyd, reported People. Jolie made her donation ahead of her 45th birthday on June 4, which she celebrated at home with her six children.
Singer Michael Buble is encouraging fans to support the work of officials at the American Civil Liberties Union by offering to match up to $100,000 in donations.
In support of Black Lives Matter, BTS released a statement in which the members declared that they “stand against racial discrimination” after the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, David McAtee and other unarmed Black Americans. The band took to their Twitter on Thursday, June 4, with a statement in Korean and English about how the K-pop group condemns systemic racial violence and discrimination.
Van Jones discusses George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests around the world on Thursday’s “Ellen DeGeneres Show”.
George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter Gianna, who was seen triumphantly chanting about how her daddy changed the world after protests for his death raged across the US, is now realising that her father has left and has revealed in an interview that she is missing being around him. Little Gianna sat down for Good Morning America on Wednesday and was also joined by her mother Roxie Washington.
Michael Bublé offered to match his fans' donations to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) up to $100,000 after he watched the video of the unlawful murder of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by police in Minnesota last week."Along with the rest of the world, I watched in horror as a policeman literally took the breath out of George Floyd. This is not the kind of world I want my children to grow up in.
Shortly after the video was released of George Floyd being killed by a police officer and protests began to rise up around the US, Spike Lee released a short clip editing together the videos of Floyd and Eric Garner being killed alongside a similar scene in the director’s own “Do The Right Thing,” asking the question, “When will history stop repeating itself?” In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Lee talked about the connection between his 1989 acclaimed film and the recent racist
Michael Buble is joining the world’s protests against police brutality and racial injustice following the senseless death of George Floyd.
Zayn Malik is raising his voice against the killing of George Floyd. The unarmed African-American US citizen died in police custody after one of the officers knelt on his neck.
Cardi B has been posting a series of tweets about George Floyd's death and is one of the celebs who have come out in support of the protests for the Black Lives Matter movement. Besides this, the American rapper has been voicing her opinion about a lot of things.
The Toronto artist also called on the likes of Universal Music Group, Spotify and Apple Music to go "big and public" with their donations
It would have seemed impossible a few weeks ago for any breaking news topic to supersede the global pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 Americans, but the nationwide protests against racist police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s death has done it. And on Tuesday, Seth Meyers focused his newest “A Closer Look” segment on Donald Trump’s threat to send American military forces against American citizens.
Former President George W. Bush issued his first public statement Tuesday on the death of George Floyd, saying he and former first lady Laura Bush are «anguished.» He urged Americans to see the reality of the nation's need by seeing it through the «eyes of the threatened, oppressed, and disenfranchised.»