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Sybrina Fulton – Mother of Trayvon Martin – Speaks Out on ‘Stop and Frisk’ Policy

Today in Post-Race History: The Harriet Tubman Sextape

Dance Group Stages Flashmob to Protest ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

The Power That Youth Hold: A Toolkit and the March on Washington

Alice Walker Disinvited from U. of Michigan Over Stance on Isreal

Robin Thicke Files Suit to Protect “Blurred Lines” from Marvin Gaye Family

Dream Defenders End Protest at Florida Capitol

FLOTUS: Obama Presidency ‘Changes the Bar’ For Our Youth

Harry Lennix Calls The Butler ‘Historical Porn’; Sounds Off on Media Depictions of Black Men

Michigan Judge: No More Life-Without-Parole Sentences for Juveniles

Russell Simmons Apologizes; Pulls Harriet Tubman Sex Tape

Dartmouth Fraternity Apologizes for Holding ‘Bloods and Crips’ Party

Homeless Teen’s Online Campaign Funds His Enrollment at Howard University!

Hospital Reverses Decision to Deny Dying 15-Year Old Heart Transplant

North Carolina Governor Signs Voter ID Bill

15-Year Old Anthony Stokes Denied Heart Transplant Because of Trouble w/ the Law

Student Faces Jail Time After Threatening School Shooting in Joke Tumblr Post

Miami Artist Huong Unveils Powerful Trayvon Martin Mural

#BYP100’s Justice for Trayvon Martin Toolkit

Endangering Black Lives While Claiming to Save Them

Talib Kweli Visits the Dream Defenders: “History tells us nothing moves without young people being involved”

Judge Rules NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” Policy is Unconstitutional

Eric Holder Unveils Major Drug Sentencing Reforms

Grand Jury Will NOT Charge Officer Who Shot and Killed Unarmed Teenager Ramarley Graham

POLL: Sizable Portion of American Public Have No Friends of Other Races

Bayard Rustin to be Posthumously Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Chair of Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ Hearings is a Staunch Supporter of the Policy

17-Year Old James Martin Graduates from College w/ 3.9 GPA

Project NIA’s Youth-Friendly Reader About the Trayvon Martin Case

Jackie Robinson Statue Vandalized w/ Swastika, Racial Slurs

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