Brilliant King. Powerful King. This is my father at his most truth-telling, yet love-centered, self. Watch and share on today, his 90th birthday. #MLK90 #MLK … Blacks freed to hungerRead more
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History is the Present
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF9FkgkY9jQ&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Larry Hamm On Contact
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COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed Structural Racism
The story in Chicago, that happens when you peel back all of the jargon and the numbers and the overrepresentation, is one of losing the … COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed Structural RacismRead more
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Racist Medical System Stole Henrietta’s Cells
The family of Henrietta Lacks, the African American cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, is … Racist Medical System Stole Henrietta’s CellsRead more
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Enduring Legacy of Voting Rights Pioneer Fannie Lou Hamer
It was the 31st of August in 1962 that 18 of us traveled 26 miles to the country courthouse in Indianola to try to register … Enduring Legacy of Voting Rights Pioneer Fannie Lou HamerRead more
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How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black America
Well, that was — first of all, Carnival begins in early January in New Orleans. And so there had been a whole bunch of very … How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black AmericaRead more
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More than half of police killings in the US are unreported in government data
More than half of police killings in the U.S. are not reported in official government data, and Black Americans are most likely to experience fatal … More than half of police killings in the US are unreported in government dataRead more
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Black Women are Criminalized and Stereotyped as Aggressive
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The Psychic Toll of a Racist Criminal Justice System
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-pT0pNbi0E&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Dr. Patricia Newton
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Aretha Says She’ll Go Angela’s Bond If Permitted
Soul Queen Aretha Franklin says she stands ready to go Angela Davis’s bond, “whether it’s $100,00 or $250,000,” if the courts will let her. Miss … Aretha Says She’ll Go Angela’s Bond If PermittedRead more