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Garrett Morris has recalled an incident where he was arrested for a case of "walking while Black" while touring with Harry Belafonte.

The police ultimately cleared and released Morris, but he said the experience soured his “naive” idea about the West Coast […] The post Garrett Morris recounts being arrested while touring with Harry Belafonte appeared first on TheGrio.

Thanks to Troy H. Wilson, a prominent Black criminal defense attorney and civil litigator, you’ll not only learn the answer to that question but also learn what to do as

The director of some of the most successful movies of the 1980s and 90s, like "When Harry Met Sally," "The Princess Bride," and "A Few Good Men" was recently in Houston to promote a stage show about the prison system.

In the state of New York, a 2019 study shows that 90% of jaywalking tickets were issued to Black and Hispanic Americans even though they represent 55% of the population. 

In the state of New York, a 2019 study shows that 90% of jaywalking tickets were issued to Black and Hispanic Americans even though they represent 55% of the population. 

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with A.J. Ali, chief executive officer at Eclipse Productions and director, writer and producer of "Walking While Black: L.O.V.E. is the Answer."

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From Wrongful Arrest to Anti-Prison Activist: Bryonn Bain’s Road to ‘Lyrics From Lockdown’ From Wrongful Arrest to Anti-Prison Activist: Bryonn Bain’s Road to ‘Lyrics From Lockdown’ courtesy of / Bryonn Bain Content warning: This article contains use of the N-word. Monday, November 25. Dawn. Bryonn Bain is one of several inmates chained together to board a bus to Rikers Island. Once on the bus, the men, rolling 12-deep, are told that they will be heading to a new location, Vernon ...

Views: On The Sunday Show, Jonathan Capehart, Paul Butler, Jill Wine-Banks, and John Burris discussed the absolutely horrific police stop by Virginia police of a young Black and Latino Army lieutenant. In the video, Lt. Caron Nazario was stopped by two Virginia police officers. He pulled up to a well-lit gas station, and the officers, Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker, responded in a violent and completely unhinged way. They screamed, threatened, made lethal threats, mentioning the electric cha...