Fitness Guru Destiny Monroe Spins Inspiring Home Workouts into Gold
What You Need To Know: Over the past year, we have seen the devastating effects the pandemic has had on the African American community, especially when it comes to health outcomes. Destiny Monroe, owner of RAW Fitness, has taken this fact to heart. Now more than ever,...
LAPD Arrests Black Man Instead of White Suspect
What You Need To Know: A federal judge has ordered the release of police body camera video that shows two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers arresting music producer Antone Austin, known as Tone Stackz, and his girlfriend. The officers were looking for a...
Backlash from New Law Shows Voting is a Right, Not a Guarantee
What You Need To Know: Georgia’s new voting law has sparked fierce debate on voting access and corporate responsibility. The backlash has prompted voting rights advocates to call for a boycott of corporations who do not take a stand against the law they call “Jim Crow...
Day 9: Derek Chauvin Murder Trial
What You Need To Know: Pulmonary expert, Dr. Martin Tobin, took the stand Thursday morning in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Watching the video, jurors were shown the moment that life left George Floyd's body, while being held down by the former Minneapolis police...
Expiring Reprieve For Intellectually Disabled Black Man On Death Row
What You Need To Know: Pervis Payne, a 54-year-old death row inmate who is Black, has been granted a temporary reprieve by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, which is set to expire midnight April 10. At that time, the Tennessee Supreme Court will regain authority to set...
Atlanta Mayor Issues Administrative Order in Fight for Voting Rights
What You Need To Know: The battle over the new voting law in Georgia continues. In a move to soften the blow of the state's more restrictive law, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an administrative order Tuesday afternoon directing the City's Chief Equity...
Day 8: Derek Chauvin Murder Trial
What You Need To Know: As the Derek Chauvin murder trial moved through the second week, the prosecution shifted from eyewitness testimony to focusing on the former Minneapolis police officer's use of force, trying to show his restraint was excessive and led to Floyd's...
Homeless Black Man Fatally Shot by Officer Involved in Prior Shooting
What You Need To Know: Video has been released showing Danville police officer Andrew Hall fatally shooting 32-year-old Tyrell Wilson, a Black man who was homeless and living near a public parking lot in the San Francisco, CA suburb. The video was obtained April 5 by...
Judge and 15-Term Congressman, Rep. Alcee Hastings, Dies
What You Need To Know: Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, civil rights lawyer and Florida's first Black federal judge, died April 6. Hastings, a Democratic member of the U.S. House elected for 15 terms, was 84. A cause of death has not been announced. In 2019, the congressman...
Day 7: Derek Chauvin Murder Trial
What You Need To Know: One day after Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told jurors that Derek Chauvin's restraint of George Floyd "absolutely" violated department policy, two other police officers testified about the use of force training within the...