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The "Yoga" singer's speech regarding police brutality was cut short just as she was about to touch on the Black Lives Matter movement

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Gov. Jerry Brown (Calif.) has signed a bill that will help change the way police killings are viewed in the court of law. According to…

On Thursday afternoon, talented singer/songwriter Janelle Monae, her artist Jidenna, and her Wondaland collective, continued to stand with the “Black Lives Matter” movement this week during a march in…

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Reaction to vandalism of sign "Black Lives Matter"at River Road Unitarian Universalist Church Bethesda on News4 at 5 pic.twitter.com/NbYxQNHwQ0 — Chris Gordon (@ChrisGordonNews) August 12,…

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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush abruptly ended a town hall meeting after a Black Lives Matter protester raised a question

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The death of Cleveland woman Ralkina Jones inside a Cleveland Heights jail cell late last month marked the third such passing of a Black woman while…

Just a day after the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, the city of Ferguson was placed in a state of emergency, leaving many to realize not much…

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As a community grapples with the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown and yet another Black male shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri,…

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Future’s “March Madness” is not exactly a Civil Rights song. It’s not an uplifting song. It’s not a socially-aware polemic against the system. What it…

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Not insensitive at all, Staten Island Yankees! pic.twitter.com/rlFZQ5mw9Z — Aaron Fischer (@AaronFisch) August 9, 2015 The anniversary of Michael Brown’s death prompted marches and continued outcry…

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On August 9, 2014, seeing the lifeless body of Michael Brown Jr. laid out in the blistering heat for four and half hours on Twitter…

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This movement is summed up for me, and always has been summed up for me, in one statement: Mike Brown saved my life. Mike Brown…