Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
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For the first time in three years, visitors can return inside Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, atop Arlington National Cemetery. The National Park Service recently completed a three-year overhaul of the national memorial that united the descendants of General Robert E. Lee and enslaved people who once lived and labored on the plantation. Only on “CBS This Morning,” Jericka Duncan was there when they met up for the first time in person.
Williams, who died after a battle with colon cancer, had a career that spanned over five decades in theater, television and film.
Protests for social justice and racial equity inspired The Athlete's Foot's management to launch STAART, the "Strategic African American Retail Track." The initiative is a pipeline program that gives Black franchisees access to capital and major vendors. Elise Preston has the story.
Nicole Yoon burst onto the literary scene in 2015 with "Everything, Everything," a book that has now sold more than 2 million copies. She followed that a year later with "The Sun is Also a Star," and both novels have been turned into successful films. Now the author is back with "Instructions For Dancing," a book about a young girl who can see into the future as she grows up in Los Angeles.
"All I knew is that I wanted to help Black women," one laid-off worker realized during therapy. So she started a mental health consultancy.
New Zealand has a global reputation for peace and tolerance. But George Floyd's death last summer moved Black activists to speak up about how the county is "in complete denial" about some problems.
Last summer, in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, Washington D.C. became a focal point for the country's #BlackLivesMatter protests – inspiring a new, younger generation of activists in the process.
In Colombia, where police brutality has notoriously been a problem, George Floyd's death added fuel to the fire, sparking #BlackLivesMatter protests and inspiring citizens to film confrontations with police.
As the country debates how schools should teach the role of slavery in the nation's history, author Clint Smith is taking a critical eye to how it is being covered at several important historical sites. He joins “CBS This Morning” to talk about the importance of confronting slavery and its legacy – and debunks some popular myths about U.S. history.
In June 2020, the United Kingdom saw the largest Black Lives Matter protests in the world outside of the U.S. Activists say England has more covert racism than the U.S. — but they are still fighting many of the same issues.
