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Sandra Bland conspiracy: Anonymous release video calling out Texas police

Hacktivist group Anonymous has released a video where they claim to ‘expose’ Texas police over the death of Sandra Bland. The chilling voiceover, which has been digitally disguised, is …

Sandra Bland – Say her name

Sandra Bland is another black life lost under hinky police circumstances. The 28-year-old’s death in a Texas county jail on 13 July, three days after a routine traffic stop turned into a …

Kanye and Kim on Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list

Time Magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world and Kanye West sits in the number one spot. The list is comprised of a selection of people who are blazing …
Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan sticks his nose into the N-word debate

Piers Morgan wrote an article for the ‘Daily Fail’ suggesting that if Black Americans want the N-word to die, they will have to kill it themselves. Asking black folks to stop using that word is …
Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind

This is a comprehensive documentary telling the life story of the controversial leader, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The documentary uses a wealth of material from the Garvey movement. Written documents, …
George Edwin Taylor

George Edwin Taylor: First Black person to run for the US presidency

Barack Obama is the first US Black President, but he is not the first black person to run for the US presidency. That honour goes to George Edwin Taylor. George Taylor was born in the pre-Civil War …

Marissa Alexander supporters plan ‘Stand Our Ground Week’ protests

Remember Marissa Alexander? She was the woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after she fired a warning shot at the ceiling during a dispute with her husband. Marissa’s new court hearing will …
Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou has gone to be with the ancestors

The world lost a literary giant and civil rights champion when Maya Angelou passed away on 27 May 2014, at age 86, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire millions. From the cotton fields …

The burglary interview that was chock full of camel toe

The story about six Houston teens breaking into a house using a basketball to break a window has turned into one about the eyewitness’s fat lady parts. Breaking and entering is serious …
Zimmerman

CNN set to interview George Zimmerman

It seems that a week doesn’t go by where Trayvon Martin’s killer isn’t headlining in the media or upsetting people on social media. Today people are riled because CNN will be interviewing …

Trial of Jordan Davis’ killer starts this week

  As we remember Trayvon Martin this week let’s spare a thought for the family of the dead teen, Jordan Davis who was shot dead at 17. The man accused of shooting unarmed Jordan is …
Trayvon Martin and his dad

Trayvon’s killer should not be allowed to box for money

Had he lived Trayvon Martin would have been 19 today. Trayvon was killed by gun toting neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. As people remember Trayvon and the injustice dished out due to …
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