Friday, August 14, 2020

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On Evictions, Police Brutality and the Violence of Class War in South Africa.
'Writer William Shoki examines the cyclical, class nature of evictions and police brutality against poor and working class South Africans - as the nation's political economy operates for domestic and global capital, the social relations of apartheid and colonialism persist long after their apparent, historical demise. Shoki wrote the articles " The existing order of things " and " The class chara
The Black Women Behind the Ongoing Fight for Suffrage
'The 19th Amendment which was ratified on August 18th, 1920 and then certified eight days later. The 19th Amendment inked women’s suffrage into American history, a culminating moment in an effort to win political power. But the ordained heroes of women’s suffrage – like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and later Alice Paul – often tossed out the leadership and movement-building of Black
Black Women in Resistance: Two Poems by Lamont Lilly
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Tef Poe x Rebel Diaz: "Ghetto Pueblo"
Lyric video for "Ghetto Pueblo" from MULTIPLY, Vol. 1. featuring Tef Poe and Rebel Diaz.
Singer-Songwriter Candice Hoyes Brings Black History Into The Present
(Photo by Carolyne LoreƩ Teston) 'Candice Hoyes is a singer, producer and songwriter with a mission to empower young girls and bring to light to forgotten Black histories. She joins Here & Now 's Tonya Mosley to talk about her new single "Zora's Moon" and the role of artists in this current moment of racial reckoning.'
Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro League Baseball Museum
' Andrew "Rube" Foster . Josh Gibson . Cool Papa Bell . Those names are synonymous with the heroes of the Negro Leagues. Baseball players of legendary status whose extraordinary talents were ignored by the mainstream and barred from joining Major League baseball during their primes due to racial discrimination. Despite that, these remarkable athletes were at the heart of a thriving league that br
#Slaveryarchive Book Club Vincent Brown's Tacky's Revolt
'First session of the #Slaveryarchive Book Club with historian Vincent Brown (Harvard University) who presented his book Tacky's Revolt: A Story of An Atlantic War .'
Black Power Scholar Peniel Joseph Illustrates How MLK And Malcolm X Influenced Each Other
'"I've always been fascinated by Malcolm X and Dr. King ... and dissatisfied in how they're usually portrayed — both in books and in popular culture," Peniel Joseph says. In his book, The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Joseph braids together the lives of the two civil rights leaders. He says that King and Malcolm X had "convergent visions" f
Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham on Building a Lasting Movement
'It feels like change is in the air. But we’ve been here before: Eric Garner was killed by police in New York City in July 2014, followed weeks later by Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, igniting outrage and protest. Activists then 
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