Million Man March revisited: 20 years later
The National Mall, usually home to joggers, vacationing families and street vendors peddling funnel cakes and T-shirts instead echoed with Arabic calls to prayer and black power chants Saturday. Thousands of Americans from around the country emerged from various Metro stations into the blinding sun, sporting messages such as “Justice or Else,” “Black Lives Matter” […]
Million Man March 20th anniversary (photo gallery)
Oct. 10 marked the 20th anniversary of Minister Louis Farrakhan’s historic Million Man March on Washington that, much like the theme in 1995, fixated on issues of institutionalized racial inequality. The event drew people from across the nation under the theme of “Justice or Else” — spanning from Black Lives Matter student activists at […]
VCU NAACP Town Hall tackles pivotal topics of discussions
On Wednesday night, the VCU NAACP hosted a panel of community and student leaders to discuss a variety of topics ranging from the #BlackLivesMatter movement, community health and racism in the United States.
Cornel West Comes to VCU, Revisits Richmond’s Cruel History
In a Sept. 3 speech at VCU’s Siegel Center, prominent black activist and scholar Dr. Cornel West discussed a slew of topics under the umbrella of the racial, economic, and political state of the country.
One year later, not enough
One year after the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, protesters returned to the streets of Ferguson, Missouri.