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A Family Court supervisor was fired after a video surfaced showing him tearing down “Black Lives Matter” signs in South Philadelphia and telling a woman black lives didn’t matter to him.

A family court supervisor was fired after a video was posted showing him tearing down “Black Lives Matter” signs from a fence in South Philadelphia. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville gets reactions from demonstrators who say they won’t let the man’s actions stop their mission.

Video that has exploded and gone viral online shows an exchange between a San Francisco resident and a woman who appears to take issue with him writing “Black Lives Matter” in front of his home.

Bake sales are a tried-and-true way to help students, parents and community leaders raise money for school events and charitable organizations. Starting today, however, bakers from around the world are hosting thousands of virtual bake sales — and the majority of proceeds will be donated to organizations that support Black Lives Matter causes. Bakers Against Racism was the brainchild of…

After the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta and other recent cases of fatal police encounters, the public clamor for changing the culture of policing is running up against powerful opposition in the form of police union leadership, according to NBC News.

Boston’s mayor is considering the fate of a public statue depicting former President Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed black man after a petition called for its removal.

Thousands of supporters dressed in white congregated outside the Brooklyn Museum Sunday to call attention to the plight of Black trans lives, including the death of trans woman Layleen Polanco.

A former worker says he quit his job after being told by a New Jersey Wawa store that he couldn’t wear a face mask in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

A man says he quit his job after he was told by the manager of a New Jersey Wawa store that he couldn’t wear a face mask showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. He speaks with NBC10’s Brandon Hudson who also gets a reaction from Wawa.

Among the thousands who march each day in support of the Black Lives Matter movement are immigrants and their advocates. But protesting for them has an added risk: inadvertently winding up in immigration custody. All over the country, immigrants are expressing solidarity with the movement that has taken off since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The same organizations that...

The public outcry over the death of George Floyd was sparked by cellphone footage of his brutal treatment by a white police officer who kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. But as protesters took to the streets to push for justice and police reform in the days that followed, many began to worry about how the camera was…

On the third weekend of protests in Philadelphia – in the wake of George Floyd’s death May 25 death in Minneapolis police custody – marchers expressed aims to cut funding to the Philly department, and diverting the money to other services. Carrying a variety of signs, including one that read “Unite Against Racism,” organizers of one march gathered at Broad…

In the more than two weeks of protests following the killing of George Floyd by police, multiracial crowds have surged into the streets around the country and the globe

Some gathered in a park in Springfield Township, Pa., and a peaceful march took place in Franklinville, NJ, where protesters witnessed a racist display earlier this week. NBC10’s Stephania Jimenez reports.

A group gathered at Broad and Callowhill, the future site of the police headquarters. NBC10’s Steven Fisher reports.

People have taken to the streets of Berlin, London, Paris and other cities around the world to demonstrate in support of Black Lives Matter protesters in the United States and to vent anger over President Donald Trump’s response to the police killing of George Floyd.

An interracial couple got married on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on the 53rd anniversary of a ruling that paved the way for their marriage to be legal.  Michele Davis and Barton Corbett Leatherwood wanted to exchange their vows on the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia decision — the landmark case that legalized interracial marriage. “We’ve...

It’s easy to get discouraged about racial injustice in America. But here are three signs of progress that show the protests happening across the country are making a real difference.

SURJ, Showing Up for Racial Justice, has an essential message for the white community.

Policy changes that usually take months or years to push through are being enacted in just days and weeks