Kimberly Jones – an activist whose passionate speech about race went viral after the George Floyd protests – says Donald Trump needs to apologize to Black America about his Tulsa election rally.
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As the protests over George Floyd's death at the hands of police continue throughout the country, artists and influencers are stepping up to fund various initiatives that help the protesters, the cause, and the black community at large.
One initiative that has proved to be particularly popular is a GoFundMe campaign called the Homeless Black Trans Women Fund created by Jesse Pratt López. The campaign was started in December as a means of helping a community of homeless trans women in Atlanta.
Kimberly Jones – an activist whose passionate speech about race went viral after the George Floyd protests – says Donald Trump needs to apologize to Black America about his Tulsa election rally.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has pledged a huge donation to black education in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests against systemic racism and police brutality following the killing of George Floyd.
Oprah Winfrey continued to have an open conversation with black artists and activists on Wednesday aimed at determining how America can help eradicate systemic inequality and racism. Winfrey's two-night conversation, called "Where Do We Go From Here?", featuring director Ava DuVernay, former U.S.
Killer Mike has addressed the timely arrival of Run The Jewels’ new album.The rapper recently delivered an impassioned speech in Atlanta after protests against racial injustice began in the city in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Marlo Hampton is speaking up in a new PSA to support Black Lives Matters and racial and social injustice.
The young cast of Netflix’s sci-fi, coming of age series Stranger Things is standing in solidarity against systemic racism and police brutality. In a series of images circulated across social media by devoted fans, a number of the stars have shown their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, attending a number of protests across the nation from Los Angeles to the site of the series’ filming in Atlanta.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s Cynthia Bailey, 53, fiancé Mike Hill, 49, and their three daughters took a break from quarantining to peacefully protest following the brutal murder of George Floyd on May 25. “It felt so good to go out in the name of justice,” Cynthia told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY from her Los Angeles home in a video interview on June 5.
Oprah Winfrey is hosting a discussion with Black thought leaders, artists and activists regarding the civil unrest across American in response to the murder of George Floyd next week as part of a two-night event that will be simulcast across 19 different Discovery-owned networks.
Cynthia Bailey, her fiancé, Mike Hill, their daughters, Ashleé Hill, Kayla Hill, Noelle Robinson, and Noelle’s girlfriend, Alexis, joined the thousands of people across the world who are protesting police brutality and injustice in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more. The Real Housewives of Atlanta family peacefully protested together in Los Angeles on June 3, and detailed their experience later on Instagram.
Porsha Williams comes from a family of civil rights leaders, and she has been on the front lines with thousands of protesters who are demanding justice after the shocking death of George Floyd. The reality TV star recently marched in the streets of Atlanta with thousands of peaceful protesters, and many were hit with tear gas.
"Now that you’re ignited, I need you on a weekly and daily basis to join a grassroots organisation"
Porsha Williams has been one of the many citizens and activists who have stepped up at protests, rallies, and vigils to support the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd's alleged murder at the hands of a police officer after he was arrested on May 25 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member has been peacefully protesting over the course of the last several days and documenting it on Instagram.
Porsha Williams detailed a terrifying moment on Instagram during the Atlanta protests this week.
By A.D. Amorosi
As tensions between police officers and civilians continue to grow, people across the country are engaging in demonstrations that some, including Lori Harvey, have been impacted by.
By Mackenzie Nichols
Run the Jewels' Killer Mike made a surprise appearance at Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom's press conference on Friday (May 29), in an attempt to quell some of the violence that has taken place during nationwide protests of George Floyd's police-related death last week.Mike (born Michael Render) appealed to those angry about the incident, asking them to channel their anger into positive movements."I am the son of an Atlanta police officer," said Mike, who was flanked by the Mayor, Atlanta
Chrissy Teigen always has a —and that applies to her as well. On Saturday, May 30, Teigen began to help protesters arrested for assembling in cities such as Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta after the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis who at the hands of a police officer who knelt on his neck while his coworkers held Floyd down or stood back and watched.
While many artists have shared their outrage over George Floyd's death on social media by demanding justice against the police officers responsible, urging an end to racism, making donations and more, some are leaving their homes to speak out in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.As protests spread across the country from Seattle to Los Angeles to Minneapolis to New York City to Atlanta and beyond, musicians are joining those who are gathering to call for an end to systemic racism and police