Black Lives Matter

A leader of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys pleaded guilty Monday in the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a church in downtown D.C.

The plaza’s hallmark will be a new pedestrian area in the middle of the street that lights up at night. Much of the construction work will occur on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Black Lives Matter leaders met with President Joe Biden’s team, and the activist group is disappointed in what they’ve seen so far from the administration

George Floyd’s Nephew Brandon Williams said that “22 and a half years” was not enough after the Derek Chauvin sentencing Friday.

Floyd Family Attorney Ben Crump spoke after former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin received the longest sentence ever for a police officer for murder in the state of Minnesota. “This should not be the exception when a Black person is killed by brutality by the police,” said Crump. “It should be the norm.”

Gianna Floyd, George Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, delivered her victim impact statement via video during Derek Chauvin’s sentencing hearing Friday. She said “I miss him and I love him” and she “asks about him all the time.”

Every Father’s Day, I make it a point to reflect on the promises and lessons that I want my young daughters to learn when they’re older. Much of these reflections have to do with social justice, self-identity and fighting for social justice.

It was a year ago when Rahul Dubey opened his door on Swann Street to Garrett Reaves, Jorge Fuentes and around 60 people, all strangers, while they were protesting against police brutality and systemic racism.

One year ago, a D.C. man opened his door to protesters, sheltering dozens of them as they were pepper sprayed and arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, is stepping down as executive director of the movement’s foundation.

Howard University Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies Greg Carr feels that one year after George Floyd’s death, there’s a nationwide lack of change for racial equity. “There can’t be any compromise with our common humanity,” he told News4’s Shawn Yancy.

D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza is getting a makeover that would make room for cars and pedestrians.

The huge yellow letters that spell out “Black Lives Matter” in D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza were paved over but will be replaced by the end of the week, the mayor’s office said. The famous curb-to-curb letters were missing from 16th Street NW between H and K streets on Tuesday. Underground utility work was underway. That work will be...

Black Lives Matter Plaza will become a permanent art installation. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made the announcement Thursday about the future of the now-iconic downtown street in front of the White House. It was a move that drew international headlines at the height of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer: Bowser had the words painted in enormous bold...

More than a year after it was created, Black Lives Matter Plaza will become a permanent art installation. Mayor Muriel Bowser made the announcement about the future of the now iconic street in front of the White House. News4’s Mark Segraves explains what happens next.

Tre Seals is the owner of Studio Seals and Vocal Type Co., the last Black-owned font foundry in the country. And the inspiration for his work comes from the very struggle of Black Americans from the early civil rights marches to calls for racial justice occurring today.

With Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, activists and the Floyd family are turning their attention to this summer’s trial for the other three officers involved in his May 2020 arrest

A group of activists gathered outside City Hall Friday after 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a police officer earlier in the week.

A photojournalist won a settlement in his lawsuit against D.C. police, who he says violated his civil rights by arresting him as he covered a Black Lives Matter protest in August.

A photojournalist won a settlement in his lawsuit against D.C. police, who he says violated his civil rights by arresting him as he covered a Black Lives Matter protest in August. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.