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The COVID-19 pandemic almost forced Tommy Rhine to shut down his shoe repair business in downtown Denver after four decades.

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Protests Helped Save Black-Owned Business That Coronavirus Nearly Killed

7:16am July 23, 2020

by Taylor Allen

When coronavirus killed foot traffic at Tommy Rhine's downtown Denver cobbler shop, he fell behind on rent. A "Black owned business" sign in his shop window during protests led to lots of business.

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Mark and Patricia McCloskey of St. Louis who brandished firearms outside their home were charged on Monday with unlawful use of a weapon, a class E felony.

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St. Louis Prosecutor Charges White Couple With Threatening Protesters With Guns

10:28pm July 20, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in nonviolent protest ... this type of conduct is unacceptable in St. Louis," Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner said.

Members of the 32BJ union participate in a "Strike for Black Lives" rally in New York City, one of the many demonstrations for racial and economic justice that took place across the U.S. on Monday.

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Essential Workers Hold Walkouts And Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives'

7:45pm July 20, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.

The Jernigan-Noesi family, the Roper Nedd family, and the Ford family talk about the conversations they're having with their kids about racism, social justice, and having hope for the future.

'Change Can Happen': Black Families On Racism, Hope And Parenting

8:15am July 19, 2020

by Patti Neighmond

In wake of George Floyd's killing and the Black Lives Matter protests, conversations about race in America have a new urgency. Here's how Black parents are having 'the talk' with their children today.

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Black Lives Matter Billboard Placed Next To Confederate Flag

3:16pm July 17, 2020

by Associated Press, Gary D. Robertson

Contractors on Thursday remove Marc Quinn's statue, A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020, after its temporary stint atop the plinth dedicated to slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol. Officials in the British city said the sculpture had been set up without t

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Statue Of Protester Is Removed In England, One Day After Replacing Slave Trader

1:50pm July 16, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Officials in Bristol say the artist didn't have approval to erect the work on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to stand. The mayor says the search for a replacement will not be rushed.

Graham Demonstrators Argue Over Monument, Sheriff In Tense Gathering

7:47am July 13, 2020

by Paul Garber

The city of Graham had its first major protest Saturday after a federal judge blocked a measure to ban such gatherings as two sides clashed over the fate of the city's Confederate

Azia Toussaint helps paint a Black Lives Matter mural on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower on Thursday in New York.

NYC Begins Painting Black Lives Matter Mural In Front Of Trump Tower

2:06pm July 09, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

President Trump derided the mural plan last week, saying it would be "denigrating this luxury Avenue" and antagonize the city's police as "a symbol of hate."

Protest organizer DAntjuan Miller stands by the granite pedestal that remains of a monument to Confederate Navy Adm. Raphael Semmes in Mobile, Ala. "It's like a weight that's lifted off now that it's gone," he says.

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In Alabama, A City Debates How To Depict Its Past In The Present

4:17pm July 08, 2020

by Debbie Elliott

When the city of Mobile, Ala., took down a statue of a Confederate naval officer it sparked a conversation about what the statue meant, and how the city's Confederate history should be portrayed.

Protesters hold up a lighted sign reading "#sayhername" during a July 2015 vigil for Sandra Bland in Chicago. Bland died in a Texas jail after a traffic stop escalated into a physical confrontation. Authorities said Bland hanged herself, a finding her fam

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Say Her Name: How The Fight For Racial Justice Can Be More Inclusive Of Black Women

7:05pm July 07, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kimberlé Crenshaw, co-founder of the Say Her Name campaign, about how the Black Lives Matter movement can be more inclusive of Black women.

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