Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the former Confederacy, has been celebrated as a holiday by many black Americans since shortly after the historic events of June 19th, 1865. This year, with the movement to end racial injustice back in the news, a number of companies have taken steps to formally recognize Juneteenth. One of them is Bandcamp, the independent music platform, which is giving its revenue share from all sales made on June 19th to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in solidarity with protesters. That means any purchase...
- 6/18/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Blistein, Jon Dolan, Kory Grow, Claire Shaffer, Brittany Spanos, Hank Shteamer and Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
Bandcamp will be donating 100 percent of its revenue on Juneteenth (June 19th) to the NAACP in solidarity with recent protests against police racism and brutality. CEO Ethan Diamond made the announcement on Monday, adding that Bandcamp would repeat the practice annually.
“The recent killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the ongoing state-sanctioned violence against black people in the U.S. and around the world are horrific tragedies,” Diamond wrote. “We stand with those rightfully demanding justice, equality, and change, and people of color...
“The recent killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the ongoing state-sanctioned violence against black people in the U.S. and around the world are horrific tragedies,” Diamond wrote. “We stand with those rightfully demanding justice, equality, and change, and people of color...
- 6/1/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
A man has been fatally shot by police in Indianapolis, Indiana after a chase – and it captured on Facebook Live. Family members have identified the man as 21-year-old Sean Reed. The shooting occurred around 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Assistant chief of police in Indianapolis Christ Bailey reported that the police witnessed a man recklessly […]
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- 5/7/2020
- by Kate Reynolds
- Uinterview
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