Hundreds of protests over black injustice have cropped up in small cities across the upper Midwest and Rust Belt, many with their own lingering current of white supremacy and racial unrest.
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More global protests emerge over racism, police actions
Far-right activists scuffle with police and other protesters in London and Paris as more demonstrations unfold across Europe in support of Black Lives Matter.
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Mississippi faces reckoning on Confederate emblem in flag
White supremacists embedded the rebel-flag symbol within the Mississippi state flag more than 125 years ago.
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Atlanta police chief resigns after law enforcement fatally shoots black man
A video of the shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks quickly went viral, prompting more protests against racism and police violence in a city beleaguered by weeks of demonstrations and clashes.
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Video of two men confronting Norway man’s racist signs goes viral
When Travis Verrill and Jason Gordon saw signs in a resident’s window that were racist, they talked to the man and asked him to take them down. He did, and their video afterward caught the attention of two million people online.
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Black people more likely than white people to face arrest, use of force by Portland police
Although black people make up about 7-8% of the city’s population, they have accounted for 17-23% of the arrests in the city in recent years, according to data released by the police department Friday.
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Statues boarded up in London as more protests expected
Authorities in London have boarded up a war memorial and a statue of wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ahead of expected rival demonstrations by anti-racism and far-right protesters
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Black Tulsans call Trump rally plan ‘a slap in the face’
Some black leaders are condemning President Trump’s chosen date and place to resume his giant campaign rallies.
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Protests intensify campaigns to remove Confederate monuments around U.S.
Scholars are divided over whether the campaign amounts to erasing history or updating it.
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Senate Republicans ready policing bill after Floyd death, protests
The party that has long favored a ‘law and order’ approach finds itself trying to adapt to a fast-changing national dialogue on police and race.