"You know, we can all feel that our country, the United States, is in a moment of reckoning right now.
30.05.2020 - 21:43 / peoplemagazine.co.za
Actor Shameik Moore has been slammed for suggesting the Black community should stop “blaming” police brutality on racism.
The conversation surrounding racially-driven police brutality in the U.S. has been rife after footage emerged showing African-American man George Floyd being knelt on at the neck by an officer on Monday night. Floyd later died in hospital, with the news outraging thousands of people online and leading to the dismissals of the cops involved.
While the majority of social media
"You know, we can all feel that our country, the United States, is in a moment of reckoning right now.
H.E.R. has shared a powerful new song ‘I Can’t Breathe’ in response to the death of George Floyd in Minnesota last month.
Despite the protests and the killing of George Floyd being the latest news to come up in regards to the Black Lives Matter movement and the systemic racism that plagues the US, the stories of Black people being targeted by police is nothing new.
There once was a time when Taylor Swift was famously silent on political issues. That time is no more.
John Oliver held back tears during a breathtaking episode of Last Week Tonight devoted to discussing the scourge of police brutality in the United States, and Donald Trump‘s “f**king disgusting” response to the protests. “All week long, protesters have continued to fill the streets in all 50 states in the wake of the horrific murder of George Floyd by the police,” Oliver said on the June 7 episode.
Nick Cannon recently spoke to Access Hollywood and revealed his conversation with his kids about racism and police brutality. George Floyd was arrested by four policemen on May 25 in Minneapolis when one of them kneeled down on his neck for over 7 minutes and it resulted in his death.
Lady Gaga is speaking out against police brutality in a powerful message to this year's graduating class.
Oprah Winfrey is hosting a discussion with Black thought leaders, artists and activists regarding the civil unrest across American in response to the murder of George Floyd next week as part of a two-night event that will be simulcast across 19 different Discovery-owned networks.
This year, Black Music Month takes a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.
Many celebrities are joining the nationwide protests sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. Across the country, people have been protesting against police brutality, specifically against the black community, in the wake of a shocking video that shows Floyd being taken into custody by an officer who places his knee on his neck.
A lot pf people have been wondering how Kenya Moore feels about what’s going on the in US lately following the murder of George Floyd. Check out the message that she finally posted on her social media account.
Jamie Foxx has called for there to be a “deterrent” against police brutality as he addressed a demonstration about racism following the death of George Floyd in the US.
US president Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the military to break up protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.
The killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor are the most recent in a long history of horrific systemic racism and police brutality against Black people in the United States. Black communities have been at the forefront of so many major American musical movements, including jazz, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, soul, and house.