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In 2014 a group of Black community leaders in Rochester came together to ensure that we have a seat at the table when it comes to policies and procedures that impact us. Jackie Campbell, one of the founding members of The Black Agenda Group, says the organization is made up of volunteers who are on […]
In response to the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, the Urban League of Rochester decided that it was time to make its voice heard on a larger scale. The group has spent many long hours organizing its first Interrupt Racism Summit, which will begin at 9 a.m. to 4 […]
John Boyega directed and starred in an ad based on his personal experience for the British fragrance brand Jo Malone. After he shot and submitted the ad, Jo Malone reshot the entire thing, replaced the actor with Liu Haoran and excluded all the Black people that who originally starred so that it was more appealing […]
Back in May, Christian Cooper uploaded a video that showed him asking a woman to put a leash on her dog. She proceeded to call the police, saying that a Black man was threatening her life. Amy Cooper, the woman in the video, has been charged with a misdemeanor for making false accusations when she […]
What would you do if you ordered a pizza and when you got the pizza you saw that it was made out of hate? Well in Ohio a couple ordered a pizza from Little Caesars and when they opened the box there was a swastika made out of pepperoni. At first the couple was confused […]
Verizon is moving advertising money away from Facebook. In hopes that the social media company will do more to stop racism being shared. One of the world’s biggest cell phone companies is part of a boycott organized by civil rights groups under the rallying cry of “#StopHateforProfit.” “We have strict content policies in place and […]
Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black driver, led the race for the removal of the confederate flag at NASCAR events. Last week, a federal investigation was launched to determine if a noose that was found in the #43 garage was left there on purpose. The FBI has reported back, saying that they have found photographic evidence […]
A Baltimore restaurant had to apologize to a black mother after her nine-year-old son was being denied service because of the way the boy was dressed. What made the mom Question the Restaurant’s dress code policy because there was a little white boy around the same age as the black boy with the same type […]
Everybody knows Quaker Oats & the Aunt Jemima pancakes brand. The company announced Wednesday that they’re changing the name and image of the brand. For the last 130 years the brand featured a Black woman named Aunt Jemima who is dressed like a minstrel show character. The company said “they recognized that the origins are […]
Have you seen July 64′? It is a documentary of the race riots in Rochester, NY from July 24 – 26 1964. What set off the riots is the arrest of then 19 year old Randy Manigault for public intoxication. He was at a block party on Nassau in the seventh ward. News of his […]