![Ben Crump, a civil rights lawyer, spoke at a Pitt Program Council event Tuesday night at the William Pitt Union.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/N_Ben_Crump_JB-900x600.jpg)
‘Better world for our children’: Crump discusses injustice in America
By Punya Bhasin, Senior Staff Writer
• October 6, 2021
![The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion hosted its “Structures of Inequity: A Conversation on Social Justice” event on Tuesday as part of Pitt’s annual Diversity Forum.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/N_Inequity_Via-900x554.png)
‘Their loved ones should still be here’: Diversity Forum panelists discuss injustices within American justice system
By Grace Stringer, For The Pitt News
• July 30, 2021
![A crowd of about 150 people gathered Tuesday evening at Freedom Corner after a jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/N_ChauvinVerdict-Protest-1_JE-900x505.jpg)
Pittsburghers mourn, protest after guilty verdict in Floyd murder case
By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss
• April 21, 2021
![The Office of Equity and Inclusive Excellences hosted Alicia Garza, the co-creator of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement and the Black Lives Matter Global Network. During the event, Alicia Garza touched upon her experiences founding the movement, her current work maintaining diversity and equal access and her book “The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.”](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/N_Alicia-Garza-Town-Hall_Via-900x482.jpg)
‘Freedom dreams’: Alicia Garza discusses Black Lives Matter, new book
By Punya Bhasin, Staff Writer
• April 2, 2021
![Protesters demonstrate outside of the City-County Building at a Saturday protest.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/V_floydprotests_KO-156-of-309-900x600.jpg)
Photos: Market Square protests
By Kaycee Orwig, Visual Editor
• July 6, 2020
![Organizers lead protesters on Saturday in chanting “Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! 508 has got to go!”](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-6-27-CIVIL-SATURDAYS-1-3-900x600.jpg)
Photos: Point Breeze protests after George Floyd’s death
By Kaycee Orwig, Visual Editor
• June 28, 2020
![Protesters march down Forbes Avenue at a protest Saturday.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6-13-protest-42-900x600.jpg)
Letter from the Editor | We must capitalize the B
By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief
• June 16, 2020
![A protest organizer leads chants from the middle of the crowd on Saturday.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6-13-protest-86-900x600.jpg)
Photos: Oakland protests after George Floyd’s death
By Kaycee Orwig, Visual Editor
• June 14, 2020
![Gallagher: Pitt has ‘let down’ black students](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Gallagher06112020-900x478.png)
Gallagher: Pitt has ‘let down’ black students
By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss
• June 11, 2020
![An organizer kicked off a Saturday protest at Bakery Square.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/KNOJune4protest-6-900x600.jpg)
Photos: Bakery Square protests after George Floyd’s death
By Kaycee Orwig, Visual Editor
• June 7, 2020
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