Taylor, 26, was killed on 13 March when three plainclothes police officers executing a "no knock" search warrant burst into her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky late at night.
Our historical understanding of Blackness is most commonly shaped by a linear narrative that is dominated by American voices.
Sharpton was speaking at the 20th Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture on Saturday night titled Black Lives Matter.
The BLM movement has put a spotlight on the way societies treat people of colour around the world and in South Africa the debate has centred on sport.
The 22-year-old fourth seed has spoken out repeatedly in the wake of the protests that swept the United States following the death of George Floyd during a confrontation with police in May.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts said in a joint statement that 'all parties agreed to resume NBA playoff games on Saturday'.
South African born host of the 'Daily Show' Trevor Noah has expressed justifiable anger while ripping into 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, the suspected shooter who killed black lives matter protests in Kenosha this week.
Dozens of amateur and professional artists painted uplifting messages such as "Believe there is good in the world" and "Do small things with great love" in the city center, where most businesses are protected by sheets of chipboard due to days of unrest in the area.
The sportswear maker’s move comes after several professional athletes refused to play games on Wednesday to protest racial injustice, hitting the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wednesday identified Rusten Sheskey as the white police officer who fired seven shots at the back of Jacob Blake after Blake opened his car door on Sunday.
The lakeside city of Kenosha has been rocked by civil unrest since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.
Kenosha has been rocked by protests since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.
Clashes erupted for a second night after video circulated showing 29-year-old Jacob Blake being shot and wounded in the back multiple times by police Sunday with his three children watching.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) asked for the debate after the death in the United States of George Floyd triggered global protests.
Graeme Smith, currently Cricket South Africa's director of cricket, has come under fire in recent weeks for appointing former Test wicketkeeper Mark Boucher as national team coach.
With Women’s Day nearing, we need to ask ourselves what we’re celebrating when the failing economic system has shown time and time again that women are not ‘valuable’, write Nombulelo Shange and Kali Nena.
Vogue needed to change in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and the coronavirus pandemic, UK Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful told the BBC.
Four months after the league shut down in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA is restarting its season with 22 teams based inside a secure 'bubble' at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
