Michigan professor Scott Ellsworth says over 1,000 Black homes, businesses burned to the ground in under 16 hours, and possibly up to 300 people died. In October, he was a part of the team who discovered a mass grave.
Last yearâs ârecord-breakingâ global protests were effective in making change
According to the research group ACLED, 95 percent of the 10,600 demonstration events in the U.S. last summer were peaceful. University of Michigan professors say the protests helped change public opinion. Videos
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MICHIGAN â Danah gets pretty emotional whenever she reflects on last yearâs march, civil unrest and the death of George Floyd, which sparked both events to happen.
âThat day wasnât just about George Floyd. It was about the years of trauma. The years of our lives, Black lives, being disregarded,â recalled Danah, a community activist. âI was really stressed out. I couldnât eat. I couldnât sleep. I was having a very visceral physical reaction to that day.â
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Michigan had 44 reported hate crimes based sexual orientation in 2019 â here s where they happened
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A gay pride flag flutters with the American flag at Seattle s City Hall for the month of June to recognize the LGBTQ community during pride month, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Seattle.
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(WXYZ) â There were 434 different hate crimes reported in Michigan in 2019, according to FBI crime statistics.
Of those 44 were based on sexual orientation, which equals about 10.4%.
In the U.S., according to FBI statistics, there were 1,395 hate crime offenses based on sexual orientation. 62.2% of those crimes were anti-gay, 24.5% where anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, 10.2% were anti-lesbian, 1.9% were anti-bisexual and 1.2% were anti-heterosexual.