Black Lives Matter

'Black lives do matter. People do matter. Everybody is somebody': Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson's visit to KUOW

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday. In a statement reported by NPR, Jackson's family said, "Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world. We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family."

Victim of unsolved Seattle CHOP killing featured in newly unearthed video

A newly unearthed video has revealed what is likely the last known footage of Antonio Mays Jr. speaking at 2020’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest just days before his death.

Anti-police protesters awarded $680,000 after SPD arrests labeled 'retaliatory'

Four protesters arrested for writing anti-police graffiti outside the Seattle Police precinct at the center of the Black Lives Matter protest have been awarded $680,000 by a federal jury.

Seattle doles out $10 million to settle 2020 protest injury claims

The Seattle City Attorney and lawyers for more than 50 people who say they were injured while protesting police violence in 2020 have reached a $10 million settlement.

Driver sentenced for 2020 fatal collision with protesters on I-5

Seattle museum celebrates Black history, honors Juneteenth

Over the weekend, the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle will host a series of Juneteenth celebrations, highlighting a variety of events, talks, and activism in the city celebrating the nation's newest federal holiday.