Alton Sterling, a victim of a police killing, was born on June 14, 1979, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He worked as a CD vendor, had five children, and lived in the Living Waters Outreach Ministries shelter in Baton Rouge before his death. He was known … Read MoreAlton Sterling (1979 – 2016)
Dante Parker, a Victorville (California) Daily Press employee who had worked as a pressman since 2007 and was the father of five children, died after an altercation with San Bernadino County sheriffs’ deputies who suspected him of burglary On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at approximately … Read MoreDante Parker (1978- 2014)
Atatiana Koquice Jefferson was a 28-year-old graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana who also worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative and saved money for medical school, according to her family. She graduated from Lake Highland High School in 2010 and then studied at Xavier University … Read MoreAtatiana Jefferson (1990-2019)
Alberta Spruill was a 57-year-old Harlem resident, churchgoer, and city employee about to leave her job when she was caught in the crossfire of a police raid and subsequently died of a heart attack. Spruill was preparing to start her longtime job with the New … Read MoreAlberta Spruill (1946-2003)
Yvette Smith, a 47-year-old former housekeeper and mother of three, was shot and killed at her friend’s house by Daniel Willis, a Bastrop County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy who was called to settle a dispute. Smith called 911 after she tried and failed to settle an … Read MoreYvette Smith (1966-2014)
On August 5, 2016 Jamarion Robinson, a 26-year-old African American was shot 76 times while at his girlfriend’s residence, Parkside Camp Creek Luxury Apartments, in Atlanta, Georgia. Robinson was killed when members of several law enforcement agencies opened fired during an attempt to serve a … Read MoreJamarion Rashad Robinson (1990-2016)
Southern University, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the largest historically Black college in the nation. In 1970, over 10,000 Black students attended the university. Although the school president and most of the administration were Black, the university itself was under the control of the Louisiana … Read MoreThe 1972 Southern University Shooting
Delbert Samuel Orr Africa, Black Panther, MOVE member, and political prisoner, was born April 2, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois to Herma Estelle Hall and Samuel Orr. After graduating from Chicago’s Crane Technical High, Orr enlisted into the US Air Force in 1963, and was honorably … Read MoreDelbert Africa (1946-2020)
Clive Mensah died at the hands of police in his own back yard in Mississauga, Ontario, a city west of Toronto, on Nov. 20, 2019. In March 2021, the Ontario police watchdog unit ruled there would be no criminal charges against the officers involved in … Read MoreClive Mensah (1989-2019)
