Racial Justice

Army Sgt. Daniel Perry was found guilty of murder Friday for shooting 28-year-old Garrett Foster during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.

Daniel Perry’s attorneys said he acted in self defense when he shot and killed Garrett Foster, 28, after demonstrators banged on his car during a racial justice protest. He faces life in prison.

Joe Herrera, a military veteran, was hit with less-lethal ammunition in May 2020 during protests over police violence.

The Austin Police Department released a long-awaited report Friday detailing the police response to racial justice protests, which injured dozens.

Historian, author and professor Peniel Joseph says the United States is living through the third Reconstruction period in its history. He says each of those periods is characterized by racial progress followed by white backlash.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Solomon Jones, award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and morning host for WURD radio in Philadelphia.

Maredith Drake, a volunteer street medic, was shot in May 2020 while trying to help an injured demonstrator.

Joan Means Khabele swam in Barton Springs Pool as an act of civil disobedience, sparking weekly swim-ins during the summer of 1960 that ultimately led to the pool's integration.

Three plaintiffs say Austin police officers used excessive force when they fired at protesters during racial justice protests in 2020.

The American Library Association says libraries faced the highest number of book challenges since they started tracking in 2000. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer topped their list of most challenged books.