Anoosh Chakelian, New Statesman America [dropcap]In[/dropcap] late 2017, the rapper and political thinker Akala was driving in London, on his way to a meeting, when a police car pulled him over. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “Gang members drive cars like this,” the suspicious officer claimed, before an embarrassed colleague took him aside. She’d recognised Akala, whose activism, […]
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65 Boundary-Breaking Black Women Who Have Paved The Way | Essence
It’s International Women’s Day, and we’re taking a look back at some African-American women who haved paved the way for both us and future generations. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] From legendary icons like Madame C.J. Walker and Nina Simone to 21st century trailblazers like Michelle Obama and Ava DuVernay, here are 65 dynamic women who have inspired […]
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The War on Black Athletes | The Atlantic
Trump isn’t the first president to show such overt interest in sports, but he’s the only president in recent memory to attack athletes for their politics.
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50 Years After Their Mug Shots, Portraits of Mississippi’s Freedom Riders | The New York Times [Lens]
Maurice Berger, The New York Times Gloria Bouknight, at 20 years old, and at 74 in 2015. While living in New York City, she discovered the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, on a visit to Harlem, and became an active member. Since then, she started a business representing European designers in the United States, […]
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Angela Davis Says She’s ‘Stunned’ After Award Is Revoked Over Her Views on Israel | The New York Times
Niraj Chokshi, The New York Times [dropcap]Angela[/dropcap] Davis, the activist and scholar, said this week that she was “stunned” after a civil rights group in her native Birmingham, Ala., reversed its decision to honor her with an award amid protests over her support for a boycott of Israel. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Professor Davis, once a global […]
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Harry Edwards, a giant of sports activism, still has people shook | The Undefeated
50 years ago, he worked with John Carlos and Tommie Smith for Black Power. Now, he’s talking with Colin Kaepernick.
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‘I’m ecstatic’: black liberation prisoner Mike Africa Sr released after 40 years | The Guardian
Member of the radical Philadelphia-based group Move 9, sentenced after violent confrontation with police in 1978, reunited with wife Debbie Africa and son Mike Jr.
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The Complicated Activism of Arthur Ashe | Politico
Fifty years after his U.S. Open win, the tennis player-turned-advocate offers a model for other athletes—and the rest of us, too.
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‘This is huge’: black liberationist speaks out after her 40 years in prison | The Guardian
Exclusive: Debbie Sims Africa, the first freed member of a radical Philadelphia group many say were unjustly imprisoned, talks about reuniting with her son and defends the Move members still locked up: ‘We are peaceful people’
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Dorothy Cotton, Civil Rights Pioneer and MLK Colleague, Dies | Afro
Dorothy Cotton, who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., taught nonviolence to demonstrators before marches and sometimes calmed tensions by singing church hymns, has died. She was 88.
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