Two Minnesota-based Black women activists who claim to have started the ongoing National Target Boycott more than a year ago are accusing megachurch pastor Jamal Bryant, former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner, and Until Freedom activist Tamika Mallory of deliberately co-opting their economic protest and creating confusion over whether it has ended. To be clear, […]
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Target Protest Leader Jamal Bryant Denies Being Paid to End Boycott
Target protest leader Jamal Bryant on Thursday strongly refuted online accusations that the retail giant paid him to end the national economic protest he helped spearhead more than a year ago. “Absolutely not a dime for even our meetings,” Bryant told Capital B Atlanta during a Thursday phone interview. “I bought my own plane ticket, […]
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Why Jamal Bryant Says Target Boycott Will Continue Despite CEO Stepping Down
Target announced Wednesday that its CEO, Brian Cornell, will be stepping down from his role early next year. The news comes months after the retail giant became the target of a metro Atlanta-based boycott stemming from the chain’s retreat from some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies following the inauguration of Donald Trump as […]
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Atlantans Protest Target on 5-Year Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death
To mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, hundreds gathered outside Target’s Conyers location at the behest of prominent local pastor Jamal Bryant. Bryant led protesters in a 9 minute and 29 second prayer, the same amount of time former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck, killing him in […]