This MLB Player Refused to Kneel for Black Lives Matter Movement for This Reason

Celebrities have donated to causes related to the Black Lives Matter movement as the nation continues to grapple with protests related to systemic racism and police brutality. A renewed focus was placed on the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd on May 25 while in he was in police custody in Minneapolis.

Minnesota’s Matt Dumba became the first NHL player to kneel during the U.S. national anthem when he did so before the opening playoff game between the Oilers and Blackhawks in Edmonton, Alberta.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe National Hockey League returned to the ice on Saturday touting support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

According to a recent report by The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Reynolds has launched a self-financed diversity and inclusion program called The Group Effort Initiative. As part of the program, Reynolds will use his own salary to pay and house about 10 to 20 trainees on his upcoming project.

LeBron James, Anthony Davis and fellow NBA players kicked off the return of the season by showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement during Thursday's games.

Black Lives Matter movement isn't over just because the nationwide protests against systemic racism and police brutality have slowed down.

Major League Baseball started its 2020 regular season Thursday night with a pair of games. First, the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals squared off, and then the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers took center stage.

Bruce Haring, Tom Tapp UPDATE: The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants joined an earlier demonstration by their major league brothers honoring Black Lives Matter in a pregame ceremony.As at the earlier Yankees/Nationals game, opening day at Dodger Stadium saw the playing of a video from The Players Alliance, a group of African American players, calling for racial justice.The Dodgers coaching staff and the entire San Francisco Giants squad wore T-shirts with “Black Lives Matter” written

Every player from the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals took a knee on Thursday night (July 23) ahead of Major League Baseball‘s season opener game in Washington, D.C.

Bruce Haring, Tom Tapp The New York Yankees and Washington Nationals staged a brief tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in the pregame ceremony on baseball’s opening day. Both teams held a long black ribbon while a BLM video made by the Players Alliance was screened, then stood for the national anthem.The Players Alliance is a group of current and former black players formed in the wake of the George Floyd death.

Yara Shahidi discusses the Black Lives Matter movement, the “double-edge sword” of people speaking up and more in a new interview with Elle magazine.

Tiger Woods is praising the Black Lives Matter movement – TMZ Find out which TikTok star is apologizing – Just Jared Jr Find out why Chance the Rapper is trending – Lainey Gossip This 67-year-old got engaged – Celebitchy Chrissy Teigen blocked a ton of Twitter users – TooFab Best summer movies to binge watch – Popsugar Camila Mendes wouldn’t want to relive this day on set – Just Jared Jr

Charlize Theron virtually appeared on Monday's episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and opened up about how she's talking about the Black Lives Matter movement with her adopted daughters Jackson, 8, and August, 5. "The day I became a parent, I just vowed that I would always tell them the truth—in a way that they could handle," the 44-year-old actress said.

Stormzy spoke of the “real pain” that drives the Black Lives Matter movement as he surprised a schoolboy by helping to decorate his bedroom.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the new mural will send a message that «Black lives, in fact, do matter,» reports.«That Black people built New York City, that they've never been compensated for all they did, that all the mistakes, the sins, everything in American history that has afflicted Black people have not been accounted for and must be accounted for -- something he does not understand,» he said last month.

Despite Donald Trump‘s protestations that it’s a “symbol of hate,” a massive Black Lives Matter mural did go up in front of his former residence in New York City. New Yorkers including Mayor Bill de Blasio, wife Chirlane McCray, and Reverend Al Sharpton participated in painting the words in bright yellow on Fifth Avenue on July 9, directly outside the Trump Tower. The mural, once completed, will stretch from 56th to 57th streets on the busy Manhattan block.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City began work Thursday on a prominent, yellow-lettered “Black Lives Matter” mural on the street in front of Trump Tower.New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, long a critic of Donald Trump’s presidency and the drain of his Manhattan headquarters on city’s resources, has backed the mural as a necessary show of solidarity with the movement. Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice have swept across the U.S.

Grammy categories will no longer be used by the streaming service in the UK.“Moving forward, we won’t be using the word ‘urban’ in the UK anymore,” Safiya Lambie-Knight, Spotify UK’s head of artist and label partnerships, tells Music Week.