Kalief Browder (May 25, 1993 – June 6, 2015) was an African American youth from The Bronx, New York. Browder was held at the Rikers Island
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.
Oscar Grant
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Korryn Gaines
Baltimore County Police Department officers arrived at Gaines’ apartment at Carriage Hill Apartments on Sulky Court to serve her a warrant. Gaines was in the
Amadou Diallo
In the early morning of February 4, 1999, Diallo was standing near his building after returning from a meal. At about 12:40 a.m., police officers Edward
Botham Jean
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Michael Brown
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by 28-year-old white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the city
Eric Garner
On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in the New York City borough of Staten Island after Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City Police Department
Walter Scott
On April 4, 2015, Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, was shot and killed in North Charleston, South Carolina by Michael Slager, a white North
Elijah McClain
Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old African-American massage therapist in Aurora, Colorado, died after being detained by police and injected with ketamine as a sedative by paramedics
Aiyana Stanley Jones
Aiyana Mo’Nay Stanley-Jones (July 20, 2002 – May 16, 2010), was a seven-year-old African-American girl from Detroit’s East Side who was shot in the head
Trayvon Martin
On the night of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American high school student. Zimmerman,
Freddie Gray Jr.
Freddie Carlos Gray Jr., a 25-year-old black man, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department and subsequently charged for possessing a knife. While being transported in a police van, Gray fell into
Funeral for Justice 