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Dixie is a nickname for the Southern United States, especially the states that formed the Confederacy. [411] [412] [413] Colston Arms (pub) The Open Arms: Bristol: Eng: UK Aug 30, 2020: Dec 24, 2021: The pub was named after the coat of arms of slave trader Edward Colston. A new name (Ye olde Pubby Mcdrunkface) was deliberately chosen to start a ...
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 ...
A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting alleged police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015). Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement [1] [2] that aims to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism.
An Office of Public Works employee puts up a Black Lives Matter SPI Way sign up at Fourth and Jackson streets on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The honorary street signs came down June 3, but an ordinance ...
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A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.
Scranton: Dozens of people peacefully protested at Courthouse Square on May 30. [16] Stroudsburg: About 300 people attended a vigil organized by the local chapter of the NAACP at the Monroe County Courthouse on May 31. [17] Wilkes-Barre: Dozens of people held up signs and chanted "Black Lives Matter" at a center city public square on May 30. [18]
Unrest began as local protests in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, then quickly spread across the United States and internationally. The protests are part of a wider Black Lives Matter movement, which began after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. Police reforms have been a central part of the movement ...