Community Mourns Black Mother Shot While Standing Up For Her Children Against White Neighbor
When the concerned mother approached her neighbor’s home in Ocala, Florida, a gunshot was fired through the front door...
Stand Your Ground Law
Georgia Man Claiming Self-Defense Following Racist Attack Sentenced to Ten Years In Prison
Wilson received the maximum sentence....
Black Woman Who Shot Police Officer Who Didn’t Identify Himself Feels 911 Call Proves Her Innocence
Diamonds Ford has stated, through her attorney, that a 911 phone call she had made proves that she was acting in defense of her home...
Black Man Says He Was Standing His Ground When He Killed Alleged Racist White Teen
A Black man in Georgia who has been arrested for shooting and killing a 17-year-old white girl was, in legal terms, standing his ground...
Black Florida Residents Demand End to Unfair Prosecution of Blacks
Have you heard of the case of Marissa Alexander?...
Civil Rights Group Calls on Florida to Retry Michael Dunn, Repeal Stand Your Ground
Many complexities in the latest round of judicial decisions...
The Value of a Black Life
To paraphrase Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert B. Taney in the landmark Dred Scott decision more than 155 years ago: Martin, as a young black...
Marc Lamont Hill: ‘Trayvon Martin Was Put on Trial’ [Exclusive]
After 17 months of controversy, Zimmerman was free to go home. The rest of the country, particularly the Black community, was left to negotiate the...
What Kind of Man Could Trayvon Martin Have Been?
When George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin he not only snuffed out the 17-year-old's life but also his potential to be President and achieve...