Tag Archives: BLM

Melanie talks about a post that has been shared with false information and racist tropes regarding her ex who was murdered while on duty as a post officer back in April. We discuss a recent Facebook post from the Morals of America page, which is calling for any authorities “to ensure than no pedophilia activity and absolutely no harm will …

Located on 7th and Elm Street in Bloomington Indiana sits the Banneker Community Center. However, this building was not always a community center. Above the entrance to the buildings is a carving in the limestone which reads “1915 Banneker School”. In 1915  this school opened as a segregated school known as the Banneker School for Colored Children. According to the …

Hosts Roberta Radovich and Cornelius Wright spend the hour with Charlie Nelms, Vice President Emeritus of Indiana University, and George Middleton, founder of The Black Institute and member of the Indianapolis Black Chamber of Commerce. The hour is divided into two halves. First, the hosts and guests examine the State of Race Relations in the United States in light of …

Today on a special segment of Bring It On! hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome special guests Major General Craig Q. Timberlake (USMC, Retired) and  Joseph Hoffman, Harry Pratter Professor of Law at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington, to discuss primarily the unprecedented use of federal force taken by Donald Trump in recent weeks in …

The July 4th weekend of 2020 in Monroe County was fraught with seeming racial unrest. On Thursday, July 2, a Lawrence County sheriff’s deputy who resides in Monroe County questioned and detained a black Bloomington resident while he walked in his neighborhood in an apparent example of racial profiling. Then, most notably, on Saturday, July 4, a black man, Vauhxx …

The mural in People’s Park was anonymously overlaid with the words, “Black Lives Matter” on Friday, June 19, 2020. The City of Bloomington Arts Commission Met on July 8th, during a public meeting to decide whether or not it will keep the “Black Lives Matter” lettering.  “Defund BPD” was spray-painted in the upper right corner of the mural, but the …

Bloomington is no exception. Melanie and Lucas are here to discuss everything that has happened this week and shine a spotlight on Bloomington Black Lives Matter. Tune in for our discussion and listen to speeches recorded from members of the BLM-Btown Core Council, including Jada Bee, in the last 15 minutes of the episode. Visit BLM Btown’s website for anti-racist …

The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25th has quickly become the catalyst which has given rise to mass uprisings in every major city in the United States. In the days following Floyd’s murder, thousands upon thousands of people across the country have taken to the streets in a massive display of anger and protest against the …

One of Bloomington’s local coffee shops, Hopscotch Coffee, has recently been offering the option of donating to a certain cause through their digital tip jar when ordering online. All donations are for the Black Lives Matter movement and will be going to support the Black community of Bloomington, Black causes and other organizations and events for BLM.  According to BLM …

Listen as WFHB’s Kade Young, Sydney Foreman, Katrine Bruner and Nicholas Di-Brita cover the “Enough is Enough” protest at Dunn Meadow in response to the George Floyd killing and other victims killed by police. Today’s broadcast features interviews from activists, volunteers, business owners and natural sound from the protest. Reporting was done on the day of the protest. The protest …