The appointment of General Charles Q. Brown Jr. as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff marks the first time that the two highest leadership positions in the Pentagon have been held by people of color.
Protests erupted across the United States after police released video showing five Memphis officers beating Tyre Nichols on January 7, causing his death three days later.
Eighteen-year-old Black woman Althea Bernstein was driving when a group of men approached her; they sprayed a liquid in her face and threw a lighter at her, intending to set her on fire.
The Atlanta Police Department fired one officer and reassigned another to administrative duties following the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old Black man.
Sentenced hastily due to racial bias, George Stinney Jr. became America's youngest death row inmate and was only exonerated 70 years after serving his sentence in the electric chair.
The American police officer who choked a Black citizen to death in Minneapolis has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter and faces up to 25 years in prison.
Amidst rising tensions between the Black community and police in Charlotte, USA, a 9-year-old girl delivered a moving speech that left many speechless.
Authorities in Texas, USA, are investigating two videos published by the media on September 2nd, in which two Bexar County police officers shoot and kill a man.
US police again shot and killed a Black man in Phoenix amid protests on December 4th in New York City where more than 1.500 people took to the streets to protest racial discrimination.
Yesterday, November 30th, US police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed 18-year-old Black man Michael Brown, submitted his resignation citing safety reasons.