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Tag: Black Lives Matter: Page 2
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Marquette Students Protest Police Violence, Present List of Demands to University
Several dozen Marquette University students protested and marched through the Milwaukee, Wisconsin schoolâs campus on Thursday, denouncing police brutality and demanding the university do more to address racism, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The hours-long protest began with students blocking traffic near campus for more than 40 minutes, shouting âstop the violence,â along with the [âŚ]
August 30, 2020
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Black Student Activists Plan to Continue the Momentum of the Black Lives Matter Movement on Campus This Fall
After the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others, Black students across the nation protested and petitioned for campus police reforms, new campus building names, faculty diversity training and more â all amid a global pandemic disproportionately hitting communities of color. And they got results â driving ongoing waves of activism on campus
August 24, 2020
Sports
Some Student Athletes Playing a Leading Role When It Comes to Social Justice Advocacy
Throughout the country, student-athletes and former student-athletes are taking action to address systemic racism, inequality and injustice.
August 20, 2020
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New Media, New Possibilities: How Social Media Is Shaping Todayâs Social Movements
For young activists in the 1960s, television was the promising new medium through which they could prevent the world from turning a blind eye to violence against Black people. Or, as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. poignantly stated in 1965: âWe will no longer let them use their clubs on us in the dark corners. Weâre going to make them do it in the glaring light of television.â But now, iPhones and the internet offer new ways to spotlight injustice. With nearly everyone having their own publishing platforms in the palms of their hands, no longer are major news outlets the main filter of public dialogue. Social media provides a voice for anyone with an internet connection.
August 19, 2020
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Enrollment at Some HBCUs Increases in the Wake of Black Lives Matter Protests
On the whole, HBCUs, like the rest of the higher education sector, are experiencing drops in enrollment as the coronavirus continues to create uncertainty. But in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests this summer, some HBCUs are attracting higher numbers of students.
August 12, 2020
Sports
Group of Pac-12 Football Players Threaten Boycott if Demands Arenât Met
More than a dozen Pac-12 football players have issued a list of demands which include health and safety protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice, and economic equity. The student-athletes have threatened to boycott practice and games if their demands are not met. The playersâ statement and demands were published in The Playersâ Tribune and [âŚ]
August 3, 2020
Students
Higher Ed Institutions Rethink Relationships With Police Amid Nationwide Protests
Two days after the death of George Floyd â a Black man who died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer â University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel made an announcement: The university is breaking its ties with the Minneapolis police department. The city department can no longer provide security at campus events or [âŚ]
July 24, 2020
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The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Revisited in âThe Sword and The Shieldâ
As the nation witnesses around-the-clock Black Lives Matter protests, Dr. Peniel E. Josephâs âThe Sword and The Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.â could not have been published at a more apropos time.
July 6, 2020
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Southwestern U Renames Hall in Honor of Its First Black Student and Graduate
Southwestern University has renamed a first-year residence hall after Ernest Clark, the institutionâs first Black student and graduate. Southwesternâs president Dale T. Knobel said the renaming is in keeping with the universityâs promise to support Black students, faculty, staff and alumni in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. âAs a historian, I know that [âŚ]
June 30, 2020
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Do You Hear Me? Language of the Unheard
With protests and outrage sweeping through our nation, we must channel our frustrations into actionable policies and reform. Riots are never a coherent or moral response to injustice. We each have a role to play in the fight against systemic racism, but it is important that we remain unified in our resolve.
June 29, 2020
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The Peculiar Tenure Denial of Dr. Paul Harris
Just as activists flooded cities across the nation chanting âBlack Lives Matterâ to express anger, outrage and dismay over the devaluing of Black bodies at the hands of White police and vigilantes, we must also collectively remind institutions of higher learning that âBlack Scholars Matterâ too.
June 23, 2020
Students
Universities Plan Fall Initiatives to Address Systemic Racism and Police Brutality
As protests continue across the nation after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police officers, universities are analyzing their own biases and implementing initiatives and conversations on campus for the fall semester to address systemic racism and police brutality.
June 12, 2020
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