White celebrities including Sarah Paulson, Julianne Moore, Justin Theroux, Stanley Tucci, Aaron Paul and others partnered with the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) for a new video which urge people to speak up when witnessing racist comments or actions rather than turning a blind eye to them.
Dale Semper, London based black bank manager, who says he was wrongfully targeted by officers, and faced accusations of money laundering, terrorism and trafficking in an investigation which lasted more than two years before being dropped with no apology is suing the met police.
Juneteenth – June 19 – is the day that the last slaves in the U.S. were made aware of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was first issued Sept. 22, 1862, and enacted Jan. 1, 1863. Slaves in Texas did not know of former President Abraham Lincoln’s declaration until June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger announced the news of the proclamation in Galveston, Texas.
When Atlanta megachurch pastor Louie Giglio decided to get into the conversation about race in the wake up the Black Lives Matter protests that have swept the world, he did not realise he was going to his foot in his mouth.