[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEjKvfjlm50&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Michael Higginbotham
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Last Slave Ship Found on Alabama Coast
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkJnMjj0vDw&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Sylviane Diouf
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Florida House Black Caucus members took direct action on the House floor
In an extraordinary display this week in the state House chamber, Black Democrats loudly chanted, wore T-shirts that read “Stop the Black Attack,” and staged … Florida House Black Caucus members took direct action on the House floorRead more
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A call for a moral revival
Reverend William Barber and Reverend Liz Theoharis
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Black Lives Matter Secretly Bought a $6 Million House
On a sunny day late last spring, three leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah — sat … Black Lives Matter Secretly Bought a $6 Million HouseRead more
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First Black woman in U.S. Supreme Court in its more than 230-year history
In a historic vote Thursday, the Senate confirmed federal appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman … First Black woman in U.S. Supreme Court in its more than 230-year historyRead more
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Alice Walker and the Price of Conscience
There is a steep price to pay for having a conscience and more importantly the courage to act on it. The hounds of hell pin … Alice Walker and the Price of ConscienceRead more
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A Long Pause that Explained Racism and Sexism in America
For me, it was the pause. I knew that the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson would produce a lot of insults and smears from … A Long Pause that Explained Racism and Sexism in AmericaRead more
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The Poor at the Crossroads
The 54th anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., just passed. Dr. King was shot down while organizing low-wage sanitation workers in … The Poor at the CrossroadsRead more
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The realities and contrast between how people are being received along borders
Immigration officials say they’re preparing to detain a surge of people traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border to seek humanitarian relief. In response to pressure from … The realities and contrast between how people are being received along bordersRead more