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The article explains the disproporationate amount of deaths in African American individuals in the United States in comparison to their counterpart. As well as the psychological effects on their communities. It explains that most agencies don't even have a policy to enforce against police brutality.

Civil rights, or citizens' rights to equitable social and political treatment in a country, is another of the most important social issues in America and around the world. Nearly 60% of African Americans still live in segregated communities more than 40 years after the Civil Rights Act was implemented, and 90% of African Americans say racial discrimination is still a big problem.

Blue on Black crime is a huge social justice issue that is present in today's society. It was mainly brought back up when a young, unarmed African-American by the name of Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a police offer by the name of George Zimmerman. Ever since then, a hashtag was formed #BlackLivesMatter, which is now a movement.

Here is another article about free speech in universities. Recently a fraternity at ASU held a party on Martin Luther King day that displayed behavior that is offensive to African Americans. Now that the school is planning on punishing them, people are wondering whether expulsion would be too severe and if any punishment would be infringing on the students' freedom of speech.

The author of this piece suggests that we should view environmental issues such as climate change as another type of civil rights movement. She parallels events like Hurricane Katrina to inequalities that African-Americans still face today.

This article proposes a great question. Climate change over time has caused many more natural disasters just like Hurricane Katrina; the latest example being given Hurricane Harvey. I feel like people are slowly starting to realize the problem at large.

The systematic oppression of black Americans is deeply embedded in the fabric of US society.

Why are Black women over 3 times more likely to obtain an abortion than White women? Even though African Americans are only 12.6% of the population, they received 30% of the 1.2 million abortions in 2008 (latest available statistics), killing 360,000 Black babies at a rate of nearly 1,000 per day.

This article goes over why black women are 3 times more likely to have an abortion. In addition to that, it goes over why Planned Parenthood's are strategically place in black poverty neighborhoods.

This site contains a long article regarding police brutality and racism. It focuses on the statistical data which shows that African-American men are more likely to be targets of police brutality and the article tries to rationalize why this might be. It also talks about how these attacks or acts of brutality change how people of color and or people, in general, view the police.

Several charts showing the racial injustice within our criminal justice system at many levels.

This article presents a good example of how racism still plays a role in today's society. It gives facts, number charts, graphs, and percentages on the differences between Whites,Hispanics, and African-Americans in crime related events.

The Article covers the social injustice in our criminal justice system, explaining and covering that black individuals, are more likely to have their vehicle searched, be arrested for drugs, and be jailed while awaiting trail.

In this article, the author explains the struggles that many African Americans have had and currently going through after the pandemic.