Max Gracia Jr. was killed due to police brutality in Orange County Florida in 2015. There had been a robbery in the neighborhood and police
Author: drnika
Anika earned her B.A. from Howard University in elementary education. She also has earned several graduate degrees in education from New York University and Howard University. She has a Masters in liberal arts from St. John’s College and has earned her PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Maryland. Her research focus is on building literacy with African American students through engagement in the books of the Canon. She has served as a teacher, supervisor for student teachers, director of education and Head of School. Currently she is the founder and principal of a unique Christian school in Southern Maryland called The Living Water School which is based on the Sudbury model. She and her husband Damon, have three children (ages 3, 5 and 7), a Tibetan Terrier, a miniature schnauzer, 3 parakeets and a pretty crazy cat. Anika is also an avid knitter and crocheter and hopes to soon start raising Angora rabbits for their wool in order to make Angora yarn and to dive deeper into her growing passion for the fiber arts.
Terrence Sterling
As he was getting ready to go through the light, the police on the passenger side shot him from inside the car. He was shot
Jamaal Byrd
In the hours before dawn on October 1, 2019, an employee with the Metropolitan Police Department called, waking her from sleep, and began asking a
John Crawford
By 8:18 Crawford picked up an un-packaged BB/pellet air rifle inside the store’s sporting goods section and continued shopping in the store. Another customer, Ronald
Emantic Bradford Jr.
April Pipkins is still at a loss for words over the events that led up to her son’s fatal shooting Thanksgiving night — and as
Elmer Clay Newman (no picture available)
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Dontre Hamilton
Dontre D. Hamilton (1983 – April 30, 2014), of Milwaukee, was 31 years old at the time of his death. Hamilton had a history of
Patrick Dorismond
The undercover police officer approached Dorismond and his friend as they were standing outside the “Distinguished Wakamba Cocktail Lounge” and asked him where he and
Prince Jones
Prince Jones was a friend of Ta-Nehisi Coates at Howard University. He was born Rocky Jones and was the son of Dr. Mabel Jones. He
Unborn Child of Emerald Black
A California woman has filed a lawsuit against a police department alleging that they pulled her from a car, piled on top of her and
Cariann Hithon
The father of a woman who was shot and killed by Florida police after she ran over an officer said he previously tried to get
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Funeral for Justice 