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Tag: Protests
African-American
Jackson State University Honors Class of 1970, 51 Years After Police Anti-Protest Shooting
Jackson State University is honoring the Class of 1970, 51 years after White police officers marched onto the campus of the HBCU to violently quell protests against racism, ABC News reported. Police shot indiscriminately after someone threw a bottle, with the gunfire killing two people ā 21-year-old Phillip Gibbs and 17-year-old James Green ā and [ā¦]
May 14, 2021
Sports
Northwestern Faculty Alarmed by Hiring of Controversial Athletic Director
Six female Northwestern University faculty have sent an open letter to Provost Kathleen Hagerty regarding Northwesternās announcement of Mike Polisky as its next athletic director. They are also planning to protest Friday with a march to President Morton Schapiroās house, Chicago Tribune reported. Polisky ā who had been Northwesternās deputy athletic director for external affairs, [ā¦]
May 6, 2021
African-American
Black Students Must Experience Black Life Outside of the U.S.
When I reflect on the Black Lives Matter movement and the many viral images that have galvanized protesters into action, my mind keeps going back to a disquieting video that did not result in belligerent shouting or bloodshed.
September 23, 2020
African-American
The Crisis of the Underrepresented Leader: Three Considerations
The rift between underrepresented leaders and those we lead, some of whom also happen to be underrepresented, is not confined to politics. In the academic sphere, I have both an active role and a front-row seat to the spectacle, as an African American dean of one of the University of Richmondās five schools, who serves under a president who also happens to be Black. Worse than āwe canāt tell,ā words not fit for print have been used to describe each of us, in earshot and otherwise.
September 11, 2020
News Roundup
Unidentified Armed Man Kills Two People, Injures One Amid Protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Two people have been killed and one injured during a third night of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which began after a police officer shot and severely injured Jacob Blake, a Black man, in front of his children on Sunday, reports the BBC. Blake is reportedly now paralyzed from the waist down. The latest shooting on [ā¦]
August 26, 2020
African-American
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
African-American
Protest, Vote and Join that Committee
As our nation comes off weeks of massive protests, many of us are looking for those actionable next steps towards racial equality. For everyone hoping to carry momentum forward to effect change: join a committee.
June 23, 2020
African-American
Professor Who Posted āAbhorrentā Tweets Withdraws His Resignation
Scott Senjo, a Weber State University professor who resigned after posting āabhorrentā tweets about anti-racism protestors, now wants his job back. Weber State confirmed to local media that Senjo withdrew his resignation in accordance with university policy that gives tenured professors five business days to change their mind. The university added that he remains on [ā¦]
June 17, 2020
Native Americans
Protestors Tear Down Controversial Pioneer Statues at U of Oregon
As protests against systemic racism continue around the country, activists on Saturday tore down two āpioneerā statues on the University of Oregon campus that many say represent a legacy of the murder of Native Americans, reported KLCC. Following the toppling of the statues, the university issued a statement saying it does not condone what happened, [ā¦]
June 15, 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
African-American
No Justice, No Peace: How to Come to Terms with Your Own Anti-Blackness
Handcuffed, forcefully pinned down on the asphalt, backed by the heavy weight of a body, knee pressed up against the neck, slowly depriving him of lifeāGeorge Floydāgasped for air. Uttering what would become some of his last words, āI canāt moveā¦mamaā¦mamaā¦I canāt breathe.ā Floyd was murdered that day at the hands of a white police officer while three others watched. As a nation we witnessed the premature death of yet another Black man at the hands of police.
June 11, 2020
African-American
UCLA āTroubledā the LAPD Is Using the University Stadium as a āField Jailā During Protests
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is upset that the cityās police department is using the universityās Jackie Robinson Stadium as a āfield jailā for people detained during demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd. That the Los Angeles Police Department was using the stadium in this manner was brought to the universityās attention [ā¦]
June 3, 2020
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