The purpose of the Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racial Police Violence (Commission) is to examine whether widespread and systematic racist violence in policing against people of African descent in the United States of America (U.S.) has resulted in a continuing pattern of gross and reliably attested violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The […]

High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Attn: Sara Hamood, Maria Luisa Buscar Dear High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet: In a courtroom in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the police officer caught on video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck is […]

Full transcript of the “Message to the Grassroots” speech by civil rights leader Malcolm X, also known as “The House Negro and the Field Negro” speech. He gave the speech on March 26, 1964. Malcolm X: (00:02) During the few moments that we have left, we want to have just an off-the-cuff chat between you […]