Providence College is far from immune from perpetuating structural racism that harms Black and brown students, staff, faculty, and members of the community. Its long history...
“We’re here to help serve justice for Black people,” said organizer Kayla Robinson. Around 300 people rallied in North Kingstown on Sunday to affirm that Black...
Organizer Trinki Anderson was expecting a couple of hundred people to attend her event in support of Black Lives Matter and in protest of the police...
“I just wanted a place for people to feel safe and spread the word,” said Kyleigh Sackal, who organized the event. Protests against police violence and...
The structural nature of this state-sanctioned killing of Black people is underscored by the refusal of official sources to even collect and publish this information. Since...
“We’ve been silent for so long, as African Americans in this country. We’ve been the punching bags, and it’s unfortunate. We have to fix this problem....
“Everybody keeps asking me what we can do for change,” said Dyshell Palmer to the crowd before the march. “And I just tell them the same...
“We need to change the Police Bill of Rights! We need to change the Police Bill of Rights because it is oppressive to people all over...
On Friday, well into the night, Uprise RI reporters Will James and Jackson Cantrell covered the youth-led Protect Black Lives protest in Providence where a record...
Below are photos from Friday’s historic youth led Black Lives Protest. For more coverage see: Thousands take to the streets of Providence in youth led Protect...
