"You’re going to see acts that defy humanity", Memphis police chief says of Tyre Nichols footage
On Friday, hours before the footage is expected to be released publicly, the Memphis police chief told CNN that the video footage of Tyre...
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City National Bank to pay $31M redlining settlement, DOJ’s largest ever
City National Bank, based in Los Angeles, was accused of discrimination for refusing to underwrite mortgages in predominantly Black and...
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Mississippi agency denies NAACP’s water discrimination claim
A Mississippi environmental supervisor has denied accusations that the state agency he manages unfairly discriminated against the capital...
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Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced a historic bill that would combat white supremacy
Although it may not seem like a particularly impactful behavior, spreading hate online creates a slippery slope that feeds into real-life...
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bans AP African American studies from high school curriculums
High school students in Florida are being denied a new Advanced Placement course in African American studies under the administration of...
- Jan 20
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After Colorado launched a new indigenous alert system, a missing Lakota man was found dead
A 27-year-old Lakota man in Colorado went missing a day before the state's new Missing Indigenous Person Alerts system was launched. He...
- Jan 20
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Thousands of American teens are being forcibly enrolled in J.R.O.T.C. classes
There are approximately 3,500 high schools across the country that offer J.R.O.T.C. programs taught by veterans; per the Pentagon, it is...
- Jan 18
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The city of Rosewood, Fla., observes the 100th anniversary of the 1923 race massacre.
Black people flourished in the town of Rosewood in central Florida after World War I. Within a matter of days, a racial mob devastated...
- Jan 17
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North Carolina Sheriff who resigned for calling Black employees "Black bastards", has resigned again
In North Carolina, a sheriff who called his Black colleagues untrustworthy "Black bastards" and "snakes" has resigned for the second time...
- Jan 13
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A Wall Street Journal reporter was handcuffed by police while standing outside a Chase Bank.
An officer detained and handcuffed a Black Wall Street Journal reporter outside of a Chase Bank, raising First Amendment concerns and...
- Jan 12
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Black People Made Up 24% Of Those Killed By Cops In 2022
To exist as a Black person in America is to have a perpetual target on your back. A report released at the end of 2022 by the...
- Jan 11
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White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it.
“The Negro … put up the Robert E. Lee monument and should the time come, will be there to take it down." These words by...
- Dec 29, 2022
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2022 has been an amazing year at Know Your Rights Camp!
As another year comes to a close, we can't help but feel grateful for all the progress we have made in accomplishing our mission...
- Dec 2, 2022
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Providence offers reparations to address racism. White people can apply.
The concept of racial equity causes a multitude of conversations but is often intentionally misconstrued to diminish the plight of...
- Nov 28, 2022
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Too many Black babies are dying. Birth workers in Kansas fight to keep them alive
Although national infant mortality rates had declined to a record low in 2020, in the state of Kansas, they increased by 19%;...
- Nov 14, 2022
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21 new Tulsa victims exhumed in continued search
We continue to feel the violence that white supremacy has inflicted on this country every day. Last week, researchers discovered 21 more...
- Nov 14, 2022
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More than half of Black people searched by UK police felt humiliated, survey finds
According to an article from The Guardian, a recent poll shows that more than half of Black people in the United Kingdom feel humiliated...
- Nov 14, 2022
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Lauren Anderson's stunning career as one of the first Black principal ballerinas in America
Lauren Anderson's stunning career as one of the first Black principal ballerinas in America has been brought to the stage once again in...
- Nov 14, 2022
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“White Lives Matter” legally trademarked by two Black men
In 2015, "White Lives Matter" gained traction as a deflective response to the Black Lives Matter movement. The phrase, used by white...
- Nov 14, 2022
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Widespread Racial Bias Found in Home Appraisals
Publicly released by the Biden administration for the first time, 47 million appraisal reports by the Federal Housing Finance Agency...
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