“It represented the continued neglect, dismissal and disregard of the issues affecting black women and other women of color.”
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Noted AME Bishop and Theologian, John Hurst Adams, Dies at 90 | AFRO
Bishop John Hurst Adams, one of the staples of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, died recently at the age of 90.
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MITCHELL: New Lorraine Hansberry biopic worth every year, every penny it took | Chicago Sun Times
“Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle; legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non-violent,” Hansberry wrote in 1962.
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‘A Taste of Power’: The Woman Who Led the Black Panther Party | Longreads
Elaine Brown was the first and only woman to lead the male-dominated Black Panther Party. She looks back on Jean Seberg, COINTELPRO, and internal divisions within the organization.
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Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence | The Conversation
On this anniversary of King’s birthday, it’s worth looking at how King learned to integrate spiritual growth and social transformation.
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Ex-Black Panther Elaine Brown awarded $4 million in punitive damages | The Philadelphia Tribune
OAKLAND, Calif. — A Northern California jury awarded more than $4 million in punitive damages to a former leader of the Black Panthers who was injured after an Oakland councilwoman punched and pushed her during an argument over housing.
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Erica Garner, Activist and Daughter of Eric Garner, Dies at 27 | The New York Times
Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner who became an outspoken activist against police brutality after her father’s death at the hands of a New York police officer, died on Saturday, according to her mother. She was 27.
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Recy Taylor, Catalyst for Anti-Rape Activism in the Jim Crow South, Dead at 97 | The Root
Recy Taylor, whose story of sexual assault at the hands of six white men in 1944 is featured in the book At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—A New History of the Civil Rights Movement From Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power, died at a nursing home in Abbeville, Ala., on Thursday morning. She was 97.
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Why the FBI hid the story of the most dangerous Black Woman ever | PushBlack Now
“When the women take hold of a great and crying evil, you may expect revolution — not necessarily a revolution of blood and destruction, yet not necessarily one of peace.” – Lucy Parsons
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Deletes Twitter Account Amid Feud With Cornel West | The New York Times
Twitter feuds claimed another high-profile casualty on Tuesday when the writer Ta-Nehisi Coates deleted his account after sparring with the Harvard professor Cornel West.
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