Papa John’s Pizza apologized Tuesday night for comments made by CEO John Schnatter blaming sluggish pizza sales on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company is a major NFL sponsor and advertiser, and Schnatter said on an earnings call on Nov. 1 that “NFL leadership has hurt Papa John’s shareholders” and […]
People gathered in Atlanta to protest the Trump administration on Saturday, November 4, 2017. What exactly are they protesting against? According to WSB-TV news, the group is, “against fascism and the protest was part of several planned demonstrations across the nation.” Officers were all over securing the area with barriers and keeping counter-protesters on opposite […]
Leaders of faith and businesses in the city of St. Louis are outraged about the treatment of African-Americans in the city and are having an economic boycott. Fox 2 Now reports that Rev. Dinah Tatman is responsible for putting the boycott together. She feels that African-Americans are brutally mistreated by police and receive “criminalization and […]
The city of Baltimore hasn’t been the same since the death of Freddie Gray. On April 12, 2015, the 25-year-old died of a spinal cord injury while in police custody. Since then the city has fought to keep their head above the water. Actress Sonja Sohn from the show The Wire has directed an intense documentary […]
A Chattanooga man had been at his new job for a little more than a week before he was told not to come back – all because he sat during the national anthem. According to Fox 17 Nashville, Tyler Chancellor worked for 9Round, a kickboxing gym in Chattanooga. He was training to become a coach […]
Over the weekend, Atlanta residents came together to picket local restaurant Houston’s after workers there were accused of discriminating against its African-American customers. Atlanta rapper T.I. showed up at the boycott outside the restaurant, chanting along with protestors, “Whose city? Our city!” “We have closed Houston’s down for the moment, indefinitely,” T.I said in a […]
Two independent marches led by Black women focused on racial justice and gender issues united in one voice in Washington, D.C.
Shaun gives a powerful commentary on the Michigan State police officer who is under fire for a racist Facebook post about NFL coach Mike Tomlin. In this commentary, he outlines the strategy of nonviolence in the Civil Rights movement and how it exposed racist for who they were. Today we have social media that also helps […]
Baltimore Ravens’ national anthem singer Joey Odoms, an African American member of the Maryland National Guard, resigned on Tuesday as the controversy over protests during the song has further contributed to the country’s racial and political divide. When Odoms was a soldier in Afghanistan, he met Ravens coach John Harbaugh and asked if he could […]
Rev. Al Sharpton believes that we shouldn’t “let the President flip the script” on the NFL protest. “The protest by the NFL players and by the NBA players supporting them is around the issue of racism and police brutality, ” he explains. Sharpton was careful to point out that it was not about the flag or […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two St. Louis-area police agencies are defending their actions in arresting nearly two dozen protesters at a mall amid complaints that the demonstrators were taken down forcefully, including a female pastor allegedly put in a chokehold. A protest Saturday at the St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights, Missouri, was one of […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Bruce Maxwell of the Oakland Athletics became the first major league baseball player to kneel during the national anthem Saturday, pulling the sport into a polarizing protest movement that has been criticized harshly by President Donald Trump. Before a home game against the Texas Rangers, Maxwell dropped to a knee just […]
