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Black Lives Matter in Central Illinois

Journalism about the Black Lives Matter movement in Central Illinois.

BLM BLoNo Day 4

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Tuesday, June 2nd, saw more demonstrations. The City of Refuge church, located at the corner of Jefferson and Gridley, organized a march from the...
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Normal Police Politely Walk on Sidewalk Against Police Brutality

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For a whole eight minutes and thirty-four seconds, police politely marched on the sidewalk in Uptown Normal in utter disgust of police brutality. They then took a 46 second moment of silence in memory of George Floyd.

Black Lives Matter in BloNo: Day 2

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Sunday, May 31st, 2020 was a new day. The NAACP of Bloomington-Normal & Not In Our Town organized an event in front of the...

Black Lives Matter Even in Pekin

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History was made on Saturday, June 6th, 2020 when the first ever Black Lives Matter protest occurred in Pekin, IL at the Tazewell County...

Black Lives Matter in BloNo Day 1

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The murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers has ignited a fresh, new wave of protests in support of Black Liberation across...

Black Lives Matter Mclean County Jail Caravan Protest

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On May Day, May 1st, Black Lives Matter Bloomington-Normal organized a car caravan action around the McLean County Jail calling for decarceration and to...

Sheriff Sandage: Free the Homies During COVID-19 Pandemic

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COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in societies across the world, shutting down economies and pushing governments to their limit to prevent the spread of the...