Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Two Black Martyrs' Mothers Confront Black Lives Matter
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
06 Apr 2021
🖨️ Print Article

Margaret Kimberley · Two Black Martyr’s Mothers Confront Black Lives Matter

Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, the 12 year-old killed by Cleveland cops in 2014, has teamed up with Lisa Simpson, mother of Richard Risher, the 18 year-old gunned down by Los Angeles police in 2016, to demand accountability from the cash-rich Black Lives Matter organization. “Those people got $90 million, and all they did was uplift” police victims’ names, but “took care of no communities and no families.” The mothers are demanding a meeting with Patrisse Cullors and Tamika D. Mallory to address a whole range of proposals on the future of the Black liberation movement. 

Black Lives Matter movement

Related Podcasts

Black Agenda Radio July 8, 2022
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black Agenda Radio July 8, 2022
08 July 2022
U.S.
Atlantic City's Black Community Fights for Justice
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Atlantic City's Black Community Fights for Justice
08 July 2022
On July 4, 2020, seven Black men were arrested while protesting the police killing of George Floyd.
 Make Black Lives Matter Fund-Raising Socially Accountable
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Make Black Lives Matter Fund-Raising Socially Accountable
21 June 2021
“Finance capital doesn’t fund liberation movements,” said Dr Joy James, the Williams College Humanities professor who moderated a

More Stories


  • US Empire on the Ropes
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    US Empire on the Ropes
    24 Dec 2018
    We are witnessing “the beginning of the end of a world order that was hatched after World War Two,” said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro.
  • BAP Welcomes Trump Exit from Syria
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    BAP Welcomes Trump Exit from Syria
    24 Dec 2018
    The Black Alliance for Peace sees the Trump administration’s announced withdrawal of US troops from Syria as “an attempt to realign itself with international law.” The US presence in Syria is “ille
  • Bolton Threatens to Force Africa to Choose Between the US and China
    Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    Bolton Threatens to Force Africa to Choose Between the US and China
    20 Dec 2018
    The Americans wager that they can exercise veto power over African political alignments by force of arms, through AFRICOM’s massive military infiltration of the region.
  • Nancy Sue Wilson 1937-2018
    Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
    For Fancy Miss Nancy
    19 Dec 2018
    Guess who I saw today, black and white photo, Marching, Montgomery from Selma, ‘65? Guess who I saw at my high school swingin’ the Trio; urging us to stay in school?
  • Letters from Our Readers
    Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
    Letters from Our Readers
    19 Dec 2018
    Readers engaged us on questions of war, peace, and the ways forward for organized resistance.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us