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This is a list of protests and unrest in the United States between 2020 and 2023 against systemic racism towards black people in the United States, such as in the form of police violence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Following the murder of George Floyd , unrest broke out in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area on May 26, 2020, and quickly spread across the ...
The OCR took $150,000 from the police budget to fund social work, recidivism reduction programs, job training for felons and youth mentorship programs. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Cameron Williams, of I Can't Breathe Chattanooga, called it a "baby step in the right direction". [ 20 ]
At least 36 people have been killed in relation to the 2020–2023 United States racial unrest. List. Indicates the person was killed by law enforcement officers
A school district in eastern Tennessee has agreed to implement changes after a federal investigation found several incidents of race-based harassment, including students holding a mock “slave ...
Faced with civil unrest, politicians fulfilled promises to remove Confederate symbols. [245] Mississippi voted to retire and replace its state flag. [246] The removal of symbols caused national debate over the appropriateness of statues of figures tied to racial injustice. [247] Public conversations on race and power extended to other cultural ...
Interim President Ronald A. Johnson gives his remarks at the beginning of the TSU Board of Trustees meeting at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.
1946 – Columbia race riot of 1946, February 25–26, Columbia, Tennessee; 1946 – Battle of Athens (1946), August, revolt by citizens against corrupt local government, McMinn County, Tennessee; 1946 – Airport Homes race riots, Chicago, Illinois; 1947 – Fernwood Park race riot, mid-August, Fernwood, Chicago, IL
By order of Gov. Lee, flags over the State Capitol and all state office buildings will be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday, Nov. 17, to remember the five Fort Campbell soldiers killed ...