Bobby Seale talking: The year of 1969 is the year. Now, remember I said he had a meeting with J. Edgar Hoover. And J. Edgar … Police Repression, Fred Hampton Murder & Prison StrikeRead more
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Milwaukee Police Video Shows Violent Arrest of NBA Star Sterling Brown
The Milwaukee Police Department has apologized to NBA player Sterling Brown, after a newly released police body cam video showed Brown’s violent arrest on January … Milwaukee Police Video Shows Violent Arrest of NBA Star Sterling BrownRead more
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First MOVE 9 Member to Be Freed in 40 Years
today marks the 40th anniversary of a massive police operation in Philadelphia that culminated in the siege of the headquarters of a radical group known … First MOVE 9 Member to Be Freed in 40 YearsRead more
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Suspicious black male on campus
Oumou Kanoute Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts
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Crime and Punishment in Black America
James Forman Jr. talking: So, Brandon was a 15-year-old client of mine, and he had been charged with and had pled guilty to possession of … Crime and Punishment in Black AmericaRead more
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That’s not just a poem. That is the life of many, many young African-American males
In Pennsylvania Monday, hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Antwon Rose, a 17-year-old African-American high school senior shot and killed last week by an … That’s not just a poem. That is the life of many, many young African-American malesRead more
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U.K. Gov’t Has Been Targeting Black Immigrants for Years
Gabrielle Bruney talking: Windrush scandal, which boils down to the government treating British Caribbeans, who are in the country legally—legal citizens—as if they were illegal … U.K. Gov’t Has Been Targeting Black Immigrants for YearsRead more
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From a ‘National Threat’ to ‘National Hero’
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad The National Baptist Association was strongly against Dr. King. So Dr. King recognized that with his privilege, he wanted to use that for … From a ‘National Threat’ to ‘National Hero’Read more
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Police Cars & Helicopter Swarm 3 Black Women Leaving Airbnb
In California, the granddaughter of Bob Marley is vowing to sue the Rialto Police Department, after she and two other friends were surrounded by a … Police Cars & Helicopter Swarm 3 Black Women Leaving AirbnbRead more
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The Crime of Being Poor and Black
This is the story of Emmanuel Mervilus, who got locked up for a crime he did not commit, whose life was derailed and nearly destroyed … The Crime of Being Poor and BlackRead more