On Sunday, before the team takes on the Utah Jazz, the Sacramento Kings will recognize veteran forward Harrison Barnes with the 2021 Oscar Robertson Triple-Double Award presented by Kaiser Permanente. The award, named after the NBA legend, is given to a Kings player each year who exemplifies excellence on the court and in the community. Barnes has been a vocal advocate for voter rights, addressing systemic racism and investing in Black youth and has generously embraced the critical responsibility of leading philanthropic efforts.
“I am truly honored and humbled to be named this year’s recipient of the Oscar Robertson Triple-Double Award,” said Sacramento Kings veteran forward Harrison Barnes. “As a professional athlete, I remain committed to using my platform to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities to encourage and support their dreams. I will continuously do impactful work alongside my wife and family to create lasting change.”
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The jury has spoken and confirmed what millions of people saw with their own eyes. A police officer killed a handcuffed Black man in broad daylight as dozens of people begged him to stop.
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An activist speaking at Black Lives Matter Plaza asked how long before “people are really ready to get blood on their hands” to make change happen. His call to action came during a “Jail Killer Cops” rally in Washington, DC, on Friday evening.
“Voting is not gonna bring us this (change),” Rahim B., a 21-year-old activist, said during a “Jail Killer Cops” rally held Friday night in the nation’s capital. “We voted in the new president, Joe Biden, but I told folks straight up Joe Biden ain’t gonna do nothing for us because Joe Biden was in office as the vice-president when the Black Lives Matter movement started and ain’t nothing changed.”
NKU students march to protest repeated racist vandalism
Dozens of Northern Kentucky University students marched through campus on Monday to express solidarity against the second instance of racist vandalism on their campus this year.
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. â Dozens of Northern Kentucky University students marched through campus on Monday to express solidarity against the second instance of racist vandalism on their campus this year.
In January and again on April 3, vandalism and stickers promoting the Patriot Front, a known white nationalist hate group, were found on multiple campuses in the Tri-State.
At NKU, the Norse Commons rock, a symbol of the student body often decorated by students, was vandalized with spray paint. Most recently, the rock was decorated by Black student organizations and painted with different Black faces; the faces were spray painted over with X s and the stenciled logo of the Patriot Front also appeared on th
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