Civil Rights & Social Justice
Ye’s recent apology to the Black and Jewish communities is prompting responses from leaders whose organizations were among those impacted by his past remarks. On Tuesday night (Jan. 27), Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, publicly addressed the apology issued earlier this week by the artist formerly known as Kanye West. Speaking through […]
Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) says he was punched in the face during a Sundance Film Festival party in what he described as a racist, politically motivated assault. Utah authorities have since arrested a suspect in the incident. The 29-year-old Afro-Latino lawmaker, who was born in Orlando, said he was attending a private event in […]
