African Americans – Page 52

Activists shut down malls on Black Friday as Ferguson protests intensify

December 1, 2014 By Al Neal

Demonstrators successfully shut down the Galleria for about an hour, not only for Mike Brown but also in solidarity with striking Walmart workers.

Man fights for justice inside Alabama prison

December 1, 2014 By Dan Brent

A young man named Melvin Ray, incarcerated in Alabama's St. Clair Correctional Facility, began developing and sharing a plan for resistance to mass incarceration.

Walmart workers start to walk off job nationwide

November 26, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"From Ferguson to Bentonville and across the country, black youth, Walmart workers, and allies are self-organizing to fight back."

St. Louis protesters demand justice for VonDerrit Meyers

November 24, 2014 By James Raines

Some 100 protesters congregated on Shaw Ave. here near the spot where 18-year-old VonDerrit Myers was killed by off-duty police officer Jason Flanery.

Some say “too late,” others see hope in Ferguson Commission

November 20, 2014 By James Raines

While some in the community here see the formation of a 16-member Ferguson Commission as "too little, too late" others see it as cause for some hope.