Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the second inauguration of President Donald Trump — atop the Black ...

In lighting his own flesh on fire in a seemingly placid and sunny seaside college town where unredressed racial violence lurks beneath the surface, Thairie Ritchie bore witness to a world that is on ...

(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) Hundreds of community members added flowers, candles and photographs on Sunday to an altar for healing for local civil rights activist Thairie Ritchie at ...

Thairie Ritchie, a well known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 atop the Black Lives Matter mural on Center Street in downtown Santa Cruz, only a few yards from the ...

Community members brought flowers, candles, photographs and other mementos to Santa Cruz City Hall this week to unite in wishing community activist Thairie Ritchie healing as he recovers from burns.

In lighting his own flesh on fire in a seemingly placid and sunny seaside college town where unredressed racial violence lurks beneath the surface, Thairie Ritchie bore witness to a world that is on ...