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The MOVE Bombing and the Callous Handling of Black Remains

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Jessica Parr medical experimentation, medical racism, police brutality, police violence

The 1985 MOVE bombing by the Philadelphia Police shocked and devastated a city, leaving destruction that killed 11 people, including

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Challenge to his Liberal Allies

February 22, 2021February 21, 2021 Jeanne Theoharis

“We do not need allies more devoted to order than to justice,” Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in the spring

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Women of Color in Film: An Interview with JT Takagi & Ada Gay Griffin

February 17, 2021February 22, 2021 Keelyn Bradley #AudreLorde, Activism, art, Gender, Resistance

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Work of Audre Lorde. In this interview, Keelyn Bradley,

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Henry Aaron and American Memory

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Robert Greene II Activism, Baseball, Henry Aaron, Jackie Robinson

The recent death of Henry Aaron sparked remembrances of both his legendary playing career and his longer fight for civil

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Law Enforcement’s Double Standards for Black Radical Activists

February 1, 2021January 30, 2021 Denise Lynn Activism, black radical tradition, Black women, Resistance

Many Americans were appalled to watch the Donald Trump inspired coup attempt against Congress. That Trump instigated his followers and

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