[dropcap]A[/dropcap] few days before officially endorsing Hillary Clinton as a presidential candidate, Brittany Packnett — a founding member of Campaign Zero and a prominent leader in Black Lives Matter — was in the New York Times, explaining the concerns she, and a great number of black voters she’d spoken with, had about Clinton. But she gave her endorsement, in October 2016, because as many issues as she had with what she perceived as Clinton’s lack of attention to young black voters, Packnett believed she represented a much better path to progress than Donald Trump. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]
A little over a year later, Packnett spoke at the Women’s Convention in Detroit, a weekend-long conference from the organizers of the Women’s March. Ahead of a panel about police violence against black people — one of the key issues she addressed in a private meeting with Clinton after publicly endorsing her — Packnett talked with Cosmopolitan.com about the importance of creating an inclusive activist movement.
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African Americans. To date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts and nearly 100,000 individuals have become charter members. The Museum opened to the public on September 24, 2016, as the 19th and newest museum of the Smithsonian Institution. (Website).
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