The day after King’s death, the writer-activist wrote a poem about what his loss meant to a movement. Fifty years later, she discusses how his model of leadership lives on.
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The Greenwood Food Blockade | Southern Foodways Alliance
The White Citizens’ Council, SNCC, and the politics of food access
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It’s Not About Guilt: The Moral Imperative of Taking Responsibility | Medium
Whatever happened to just grappling with an argument? To actually responding to a position with which you disagree with analysis or facts, or something approximating critical thought?
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A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us | The Progressive
“The riot was a problem created by community policing in a hostile environment. It’s up to people now to decide whether there are lessons relevant to the present.” – Paul Matthews, founder of Houston’s Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
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[2016] Commentary: Donald Trump likes to read ‘The Snake’ at his rallies. The author’s family wants him to stop. | Chicago Tribune
“We don’t want him using these lyrics,” said Brown’s daughter, Maggie Brown…”
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Fanning the Flames of America’s Racial Tensions Is As Russian As Vodka and Blini | Slate
Part of the art of information warfare is that fabricating storylines isn’t a prerequisite.
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Black People Need More Representation And Fewer ‘Representatives’ | Huffington Post
There’s a difference between having representation and having representatives.
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The Rev. Avery Alexander, a tireless warrior for justice: 1 of 300 | NOLA.com
Two photos, taken 30 years apart, illustrate the Rev. Avery Alexander’s indefatigable fight against racism and injustice.
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Edwin Hampton, St. Aug bandleader: 1 of 300 | NOLA.com
“He didn’t just teach music. He taught manhood.”
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One of History’s Foremost Anti-Slavery Organizers Is Often Left Out of the Black History Month Story | Time
“If slavery has been destroyed merely from necessity, let every class be enfranchised at the dictation of justice. Then we shall have a Constitution that shall be reverenced by all, rulers who shall be honored and revered, and a Union that shall be sincerely loved by a brave and patriotic people, and which can never be severed.”
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