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Black, All and Blue Lives Matter misunderstood in Asheville and across the nation

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments Asheville Police Department, black lives matter, misunderstood, racism

Courtney Garcia News Writer cgarcia1@unca.edu Rob Thomas, one of the Justice Coalition Community liaisons, said the Black Lives Matter movement

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UNC Asheville students rally for Black lives

September 7, 2020September 8, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments Asheville, athletics department, black lives matter, BLM, racial injustice, rally

Camille Nevarez-Hernadez Photography Editor cnevarez@unca.edu Hundreds of UNC Asheville students gathered on the quad to rally against the racial

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Protests in Asheville spark tension, local media says

September 6, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments black lives matter, BLM, fake news, George Floyd, media, protests, racial equity work, social justice

Courtney Garcia News Writer cgarcia1@unca.edu During the last four months, protesters fought for racial equity and the defunding of the

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Organizers says gender privilege thrusts some into social justice work, excuses others

September 6, 2020September 7, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments avl, black lives matter, Black women, BLM, protest, queer

Brailey Sheridan News Editor Bsherida@unca.edu Note From the Writer, The last few months of racial unrest have shown just how

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Privilege powers the March for Our Lives movement

April 11, 2018 Samantha Savery 0 Comments black lives matter, gun control, gun violence, guns, march for our lives, opinion, privilege, student opinion

Privilege can be found at the forefront of the new social movement, March for Our Lives.

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Asheville fights back after police brutality

March 29, 2018 Maggie Haddock 0 Comments Asheville, Asheville Police Department, black lives matter, johnnie jermaine rush, johnnie rush, officer hickman, police brutality

Asheville community members take a stance against the Asheville Police Department with a petition calling for police accountability after the event that left Johnnie Rush bruised and beaten on Aug. 24

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America must work harder for racial equality

March 1, 2018 Samantha Savery 1 Comment black history month, black lives matter, opinion, race, racial equality, racism, student opinion

While February holds the life and death of Trayvon Martin and the observation of Black History Month, it opens a conversation about what it all means and where we go from here as a nation.

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Michelle Alexander calls attention to racial injustice in prisons

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018 Maggie Haddock 0 Comments Asheville, black lives matter, civil rights, Kimmel Arena, maggie haddock, mass incarceration, michelle alexander, news, politics, racial injustice, the new jim crow, UNC Asheville, unca

Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, spoke to the UNC Asheville campus on Jan. 18 to discuss looming questions about racial injustice in U.S. prison systems brought by students and community members.