Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced a historic bill that would combat white supremacy
Although it may not seem like a particularly impactful behavior, spreading hate online creates a slippery slope that feeds into real-life...
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Jan 23, 20232 min read
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bans AP African American studies from high school curriculums
High school students in Florida are being denied a new Advanced Placement course in African American studies under the administration of...
Jan 20, 20232 min read
After Colorado launched a new indigenous alert system, a missing Lakota man was found dead
A 27-year-old Lakota man in Colorado went missing a day before the state's new Missing Indigenous Person Alerts system was launched. He...
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Thousands of American teens are being forcibly enrolled in J.R.O.T.C. classes
There are approximately 3,500 high schools across the country that offer J.R.O.T.C. programs taught by veterans; per the Pentagon, it is...
Jan 18, 20232 min read
The city of Rosewood, Fla., observes the 100th anniversary of the 1923 race massacre.
Black people flourished in the town of Rosewood in central Florida after World War I. Within a matter of days, a racial mob devastated...
Jan 17, 20231 min read
North Carolina Sheriff who resigned for calling Black employees "Black bastards", has resigned again
In North Carolina, a sheriff who called his Black colleagues untrustworthy "Black bastards" and "snakes" has resigned for the second time...
Jan 13, 20232 min read
A Wall Street Journal reporter was handcuffed by police while standing outside a Chase Bank.
An officer detained and handcuffed a Black Wall Street Journal reporter outside of a Chase Bank, raising First Amendment concerns and...
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Black People Made Up 24% Of Those Killed By Cops In 2022
To exist as a Black person in America is to have a perpetual target on your back. A report released at the end of 2022 by the...
Jan 11, 20231 min read
White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it.
“The Negro … put up the Robert E. Lee monument and should the time come, will be there to take it down." These words by...
Dec 29, 20222 min read
2022 has been an amazing year at Know Your Rights Camp!
As another year comes to a close, we can't help but feel grateful for all the progress we have made in accomplishing our mission...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Providence offers reparations to address racism. White people can apply.
The concept of racial equity causes a multitude of conversations but is often intentionally misconstrued to diminish the plight of...
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Too many Black babies are dying. Birth workers in Kansas fight to keep them alive
Although national infant mortality rates had declined to a record low in 2020, in the state of Kansas, they increased by 19%;...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
21 new Tulsa victims exhumed in continued search
We continue to feel the violence that white supremacy has inflicted on this country every day. Last week, researchers discovered 21 more...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
More than half of Black people searched by UK police felt humiliated, survey finds
According to an article from The Guardian, a recent poll shows that more than half of Black people in the United Kingdom feel humiliated...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Lauren Anderson's stunning career as one of the first Black principal ballerinas in America
Lauren Anderson's stunning career as one of the first Black principal ballerinas in America has been brought to the stage once again in...
Nov 14, 20222 min read
“White Lives Matter” legally trademarked by two Black men
In 2015, "White Lives Matter" gained traction as a deflective response to the Black Lives Matter movement. The phrase, used by white...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Widespread Racial Bias Found in Home Appraisals
Publicly released by the Biden administration for the first time, 47 million appraisal reports by the Federal Housing Finance Agency...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Biden claims hidden airline fees disproportionately affect people of color
Airline fees are costly for traveling Americans and have only increased in recent years following the pandemic. However, these fees may...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
L.A. sheriff’s deputy Remin Pineda charged in 2021 fatal shooting of man who was already on the grou
L.A. Deputy Remin Pineda was charged on November 9th with a felony count of assault with a semi-automatic firearm in the death of David...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Ex-cops plead to lesser charge in 8-year-old Fanta Bility's death
Former Delaware County police officers Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan, and Devon Smith pled guilty to 10 counts of reckless endangerment in...
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