Voices From the Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives

Letting the protesters speak for themselves

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June 12, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Voices From the Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives

Letting the protesters speak for themselves

"...As thousands gathered at Huston-Tillotson University to raise their voices, peacefully..."

June 9, 2020 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives at Huston-Tillotson and Texas State Capitol

"...Thousands gathered on June 7, 2020 for the Austin Justice..."

June 8, 2020 Photo Gallery

Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives

Rally, march celebrates Austin’s Black queer and trans communities

"...are uniting to host a Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives this Fri.-Sun., June 26-28, in support of..."

June 25, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Black Lives Matter and Police Lives Matter Rallies

Competing rallies end in a handful of arrests

"...Competing rallies end in a handful of arrests..."

Sept. 19, 2015 Photo Gallery

Austin Justice Coalition's Chas Moore Keeps Fighting for Black and Brown Lives

"...If you hold a political rally and 10,000 people show up, you should have someone..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Robert Faires

Black Lives Matter

Scenes from Sunday’s Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives

June 12, 2020 News Feature

Vortex Becomes Safe Haven for Protesters on Sunday as Part of Call for Theatres to #OpenYourLobby

“Police will not be allowed to enter”

"...The Vortex will open as a sanctuary for protesters needing to cool down, recover, and flush their..."

June 5, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Tidal Wave of People Batter the Foundations of Austin’s Structural Racism

Thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives Matter

"...week prior by protest violence – mostly waged by Austin police – the Austin Justice Coalition's Black Austin Rally..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Day of Resistance

Where to commemorate the first anniversary of the Women’s March

"...streets to voice our displeasure with the current administration, and, locally, to demand safe and reliable access to reproductive..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

News Roundup: Cops, Church, and Council

Six arrested Saturday during a Black Lives Matter rally

"...Roundup: Saturday's morning rallies end in six arrests of Black Lives Matter protesters; the Episcopal Church offers the last..."

Sept. 21, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Events to Celebrate and Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy This MLK Day

An in-car rally, service opportunities, and more events this weekend

"...In lieu of the Austin Area Heritage Council’s annual march and day of service..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Post by Lilli Hime

Austin at Large: And Still, We Rise

Austin has liberated itself from exhausted narratives before. It's time to do it again.

"...June 7 was already an important date in Austin history. Now it deserves to be a civic holiday...."

June 12, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

We Have an Issue: What’s Next, and How Fast Can We Get There?

In this week's issue, the rallying cry to defund police catches on, and Republicans try to quash vote by mail for good

"...the footage. Peaceful protesters gassed, clubbed, shoved, shot at, and arrested. By greeting last week's protests decrying police brutality..."

June 12, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...It was the C3 and C4 vertebrae – right up top, behind the jaw..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

One Woman’s Battle for Justice After a Cop’s Reckless Driving Killed Her Partner

One moment destroyed Pam Watts' life and created an activist

"...her partner, Jennifer Miller, was dead. "I've got bits and pieces," Watts said, her words slowing, her Texas drawl..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Revisits Milk With Austin Screening

Dustin Lance Black on the pendulum of progress

"...In 1977, Harvey Milk became California’s first openly gay public official when he was elected..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...certain kind of mood or movie. Summer is light and carefree, aimed at all the kids out of school..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Local Quotes of the Year

We cull our quotes of the week to only the best (and worst) words

"...people out there the greater the possibility there is for transmission."..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature

Qmmunity: Now Than Never

Local orgs hold Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives

"...more than ever. In the midst of Pride Month and protests on police brutality, headlines and social media-landia have..."

June 26, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Jana Birchum's Top 10 Photos of 2020

"...From Austin To Minneapolis, Justice For George Floyd & Mike Ramos..."

Dec. 17, 2020 Photo Gallery

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...life. She wanted to ask why Christopher Taylor, the Austin police officer who shot Mike Ramos in late April,..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Naked City

Half a million expected at D.C. march in April

"...Pro-choice activists in Texas and across the nation are hard at work putting together..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tulia's Freedom Ride

Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.

"...For James Ray Barrow, the strangers who poured off the..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Get on the Bus

Austin Latinos March on Washington

"...Juan's right hand bears the tattoos of his former gang, a holy..."

Oct. 25, 1996 News Feature

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Place is this year's opening night film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Going Underground at the Vortex

Lisa B. Thompson's new drama digs deep into politics past and present, and asks us all: What are you gonna do?

"...To see Mason and Kyle sipping cognac while seated on a leather sofa..."

March 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Scenes From Saturday's Protest Against Police Violence

"...On Saturday, protesters thronged the streets of Downtown Austin, spilling onto I-35 and stopping traffic on the normally..."

May 31, 2020 Photo Gallery

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...This story has been updated since publication with new information concerning the shooting of Justin Howell...."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Props for the Cops..."

April 11, 2003 Column

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