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Beyonce urges charges against police in Breonna Taylor death
Three months ago Breonna Taylor - an African American woman from Louisville, Kentucky - was shot dead by plainclothes police as she slept at home.
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Macron says France won't remove statues, erase history
Some protesters in the United States and elsewhere have targeted statues of historic figures associated with slavery or other past human rights abuses.
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Atlanta police shooting of black man was a homicide, coroner says
Brooks’ fatal encounter with police came after an employee of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta phoned authorities to say that someone had fallen asleep in his car in the restaurant’s drive-through lane.
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Atlanta police chief resigns after officer kills Rayshard Brooks
Images on local media showed hundreds of protesters in the streets on Saturday and flames engulfing the Wendy's restaurant where 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was killed.
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Trump shifts date of Oklahoma rally to 'respect' emancipation holiday
Amid protests against racial injustice, Trump had faced criticism for scheduling his first campaign rally in months on a day known by African Americans as Freedom Day and in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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How Black Lives Matter is changing entertainment
Here are some of the most dramatic changes parked by the reinvigorated Black Lives Matter movement.
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Athletes can take a knee at Commonwealth Games, says chief
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said earlier this week athletes must explore ways they can express themselves 'in a dignified way' at the rescheduled Tokyo Games next year.
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Player names to be replaced by 'Black Lives Matter' when Premier League resumes
The words will replace player surnames on the back of the shirt, while the BLM logo will be displayed on the front, reports said.
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England may join Windies in potential BLM protest - Anderson
Earlier this week, former England batsman Michael Carberry said cricket was “rife with racism”.
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EFF asks for urgent Parly debate on Black Lives Matter movement
The party has written to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise requesting the debate be held as a matter of national importance.
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ANALYSIS: Twitter is the new, virtual picket line
Social media provides a natural vent for outrage and a meeting ground to coordinate with like-minded people when there’s no established forum for it.
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'Gone with the Wind' removed from HBO Max after Black Lives Matter protests
The multiple Oscar-winning US Civil War epic released in 1939 remains the highest-grossing movie of all time adjusted for inflation, but its depiction of contented slaves and heroic slaveholders has garnered criticism.
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'The movement won't rest until we get justice': George Floyd laid to rest
Al Sharpton delivered a fierce eulogy, accusing Donald Trump of showing indifference over Floyd's killing by a police officer.
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Officials remove statue of 18th century slave trader in London
The previously obscure statue, which stands in front of the Museum of London Docklands, came into focus after demonstrators taking part in a global anti-racism protest movement tore down the statue of a slave trader in Bristol, southwest England.
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'Am I going to get shot?': brands try to explain racism & violence to children
“It’s one thing to try to preserve the innocence of children, but you shouldn’t preserve the ignorance of children in a country that is multiracial that has this bad history.”
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Houston bids farewell to George Floyd in hometown funeral
Politicians, civil rights activists, and celebrities joined the family to share memories of the man they called a 'gentle giant' before his gold casket was due to be conveyed by horse-drawn carriage to his final resting place by his mother's grave.
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Trump insists no police defunding amid US-wide clamour for reforms
But moderate Democrats have distanced themselves from the proposal, including presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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BTS fans match K-pop superstars' $1 mn Black Lives Matter donation
On Monday morning, a set of BTS fans known as One in an Army announced they had raised just over $1 million from nearly 35,000 donors.
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EFF’s Shivambu: We’re not calling for oppression, but rather equality
The Economic Freedom Fighters led pickets around the country in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and in protest against police brutality. This comes after American George Floyd was killed during an arrest and the calls grow for justice for Collins Khosa, who died at the hands of SANDF members.
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'A black man is hated everywhere' - EFF protest in solidarity with 'Black Lives Matter'
EFF leader Julius Malema led a solidarity protest with the 'Black Lives Matter' movement outside the US embassy in Pretoria. They knelt in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the same amount of time US police officer, Derek Chauvin, kept his knee on the neck of George Floyd, who died as a result.
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Malema: Those who say SA first no different to Trump
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema warned former Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba and others who wanted to separate South Africa from the rest of the continent that it was dangerous.
