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  MONTREAL -- The City of Laval is facing a lawsuit from a 24-year-old Black man whose violent arrest was caught on video in May. Laval police are seen in the video dragging the man out of a car by his dreadlocks. Samuel (who did not want his last name used) was with his brother and friend when they were stopped by Laval police officers. He said police wouldnt tell him why they wanted him to get out of the vehicle and, in the end, he said he wasnt given a choice. “The way they made me ...

» Virtual reality is offering timely narratives on race, diversity and culture by centering the perspectives of people of color Virtual reality is offering timely narratives on race, diversity and culture by centering the perspectives of people of color Grace Dean,Tola OnanugaFeb 21, 2021, 21:21 IST Kilito Chan/Getty Images Developers are using virtual reality to recreate both historic and everyday events, and allow users to hear and experience different perspectives. Some experiences are des...

Kilito Chan/Getty Images Beyond borders In the UK, immersive technology is also being used to highlight the experiences of people from all backgrounds and ensure their voices are being heard.  One timely example of this is The CreativeXR program, which is run by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England, and features a varied range of VR and AR-based stories, many of which have been created by people of color. Blood Speaks: Maya – The Birth of a Superhero, M...

There was a time, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Black farmers and their families were thriving on the land they owned in this country, but that was short-lived. While Black farmers previously owned an estimated 20 million acres of land just after the Civil War and Reconstruction, the number of Black farmers in this country dropped by 98 percent, largely due to systemic racism at the hands of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to Mother Jones magazine. In an effort t...

Sunni Patterson and professor at Xavier University Ron Bechet place soil into jars during the unveiling ceremony for the 1900 Mass Lynching in New Orleans historical marker on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard in New Orleans, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The soil came from the location where Hannah Mabry was shot and killed in 1900. One jar will stay in New Orleans and the other will go to the National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Ala. STAFF PHOTO BY SOPHIA GERMER

Lucas asks Jackson County judge to extend, expand eviction moratorium and last updated 2020-12-15 18:19:33-05 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas called on the Jackson County Circuit Court to extend and expand a moratorium on evictions in a letter Tuesday sent to the county’s presiding judge. Lucas asked Presiding Judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit J. Dale Youngs to halt “all filings, hearings, writs, enforcement, and garnishments, with narrow exceptions...

Poll: Increasing Number of Americans Willing to Take Coronavirus Vaccine 16 Dec 2020 The number of Americans willing to take a vaccine for the novel coronavirus has increased in the last two months, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Tuesday showed. The survey found 71 percent of Americans now say they will “definitely” or “probably” get a coronavirus vaccine “if it was determined to be safe by scientists and available for free to everyone who wanted it” — up from the 63 pe...

Uno Partners With Artist Nina Chanel For The Holidays "I love how UNO has been completely co-opted and many create their own house rules," Chanel tells ESSENCE. While Black twitter has recently debated the rules on how to play UNO, the traditional card continues its Artiste Series featuring original artwork by artist Nina Chanel Abney. Chanel is most popularly known for her contemporary work that speaks to subjects like race, homophobia, and religion. In collaboration with Pharrell and I am O...

With 3 more federal executions scheduled, Democrats appeal to Biden Erik Ortiz © Austen Leake Image: Federal Execution protest (Austen Leake / The Tribune-Star via AP) With three more federal inmates scheduled to be executed next month — days before President-elect Joe Bidens inauguration — more than 40 members of Congress and members-elect are asking him to sign an executive order to end the federal death penalty on his first day in office. "With a stroke of your pen, yo...

Axios Dec 14, 2020 5:40 PM ET Details: Projects created in universities and private labs forces users to walk in the shoes of people who faced (and still face) discrimination by recreating historic events. I Am A Man VR Experience places participants at the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike and events leading to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Traveling While Black takes users to Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington as travelers show the difficulties African Americans exper...