Tag Archives: BLM

In a social media post that has since been removed from Facebook, GOP Rep. Clay Higgins threatened to shoot armed protestors, saying, “I’d drop any 10 of you where you stand.”  To make matters worse, the post included a photo of Black men with guns.  If this shows up, we’ll …

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas demanded that the mayor of their town take down a Black Lives Matter banner. The Washington Post reports that Virginia Thomas sent an email to Clifton, Virginia, mayor William Holloway to demand the banner that read, “Welcome to Clifton where Black Lives …

Written by: @kristenshylin_ Donald Trump caught another case of twitter fingers early Wednesday morning when New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his plans to paint a Black Lives Matter mural outside the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. Trump referred to the mural as “a symbol of hate,” and …

In 2013, after George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin, Los Angeles based activist Alicia Garza made a heartfelt post on Facebook telling the Black community, “Our lives matter.” Within days, fellow activist Patrisse Cullors turned it into the now-famous hashtag and created the first BLM chapter …

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was a vocal activist against racism during his reign, but according to his biological son Muhammad Ali, Jr., 47, his father would not have supported the Black Lives Matter movement. Ali, Jr. told the New York Post his father would have considered the movement “racist” and …

Family members and Black Lives Matter advocates are calling for more information about the death of an unarmed Black teenager who was naked when police in an Oklahoma City suburb fatally shot him. Isaiah Mark Lewis, 17, was just a few weeks away from graduating high school when he was …