The new horror film “Antebellum,” by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, is the latest of several Black horror films addressing race relations in the United States. Filmmakers and critics weigh in on the film and on what defines the Black horror genre
The battle to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia is complicated by the land donor’s descendants, who are fighting to keep the statue in place. Virginia’s governor and Black Lives Matter want the statue removed as they consider it a symbol of white supremacy
Ventura, California rethinks a statue of a Roman Catholic Spanish priest, Junipero Serra, who founded the city but left Native Americans devastated
A large mural dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement is being completed in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. The mural will become part of the famous 125th Street in the heart of the historically Africa-American district. There are plans for similar works of art celebrating racial justice to appear in each of NYC’s five boroughs
Hundreds of protesters continue to camp out at New York’s City Hall demanding massive budget cuts to the police department. The movement to “defund the police” was ignited by the death of George Floyd in police custody. Floyd‘s death has become a flash point in a larger debate about policing and race
The death of African Americans while in police custody and the ongoing protests demanding racial justice have had a major impact on most Americans, including immigrants many of whom have had experiences with racism
Nationwide protests against police brutality and racism keep happening and mostly remain peaceful. There are people of all races, and religions in the crowd, including Asian Americans. For many of them, the death of George Floyd has been a self-desribed wake up call
On this Father’s Day, a man from the Atlanta, Georgia, area is doing his part to empower black men and boys of all ages. He co-founded a group that is a space that aims to be an inter-generational transfer of knowledge
The death of George Floyd while in police custody has sparked protests across the country and abroad about police brutality against African Americans. Acclaimed films have shone a light on racial injustice against African Americans since the 1960s
Africans living in the United States met in Washington DC on Sunday to show their solidarity to African Americans, who have been protesting following the recent death in police custody of George Floyd in Minnesota and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta