Black Lives Matter
Emmett Till was the first George Floyd
April 22, 2021A Black Chicago teen’s lynching in 1955 galvanized the civil rights movement. A Black Minneapolis man’s killing by police last year propelled a worldwide call for racial justice and ending police brutality.
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AFL-CIO hails Chauvin verdict, but police unions still an issue for organized labor
April 21, 2021National Nurses United was among the toughest unions in denouncing racist police violence; it doesn’t have the same “police problem” that the national AFL-CIO does.
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Chauvin guilty, but police killed 64 more people during his trial
April 20, 2021“We are grateful that we got justice in this situation. Now we got hundreds more to go,” local leader Toshria Garraway told People's World.
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Chauvin jury deliberates; world waits to see whether justice will prevail
April 20, 2021The world is watching and waiting.
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Police kill another Black man; Chauvin lawyer tries to block jury from knowing
April 12, 2021Protests broke out almost immediately Sunday evening as news of 20-year-old Daunte Wright’s killing spread.
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