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Our Own Mandelas: Former Black Panthers Call for Release of Their Comrades
Some members of the Black Panther Party have been behind bars for more than four decades and are now suffering from poor health.

The Oppressive Seeds of the Colin Kaepernick Backlash
Today no one can lynch a professional athlete, so the pressure to conform must be exerted more subtly.

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Police Shootings Show Black Americans Still Aren’t Granted Full Citizenship Rights
Until everyone is seen as worthy of being treated as humans, there will be a need to demonstrate against this oppression.

Charged With Being Alive: Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott
Race affects everything: where you live, what you're blamed for and even if you're deemed worthy of being alive.

Black Women Do Breastfeed, Despite Intense Systemic Barriers in the US
Targeted and systemic support for Black mothers is needed to overcome the racial gap in breastfeeding rates in the US.

When Martin Luther King Jr. Came Up Against Chicago Racism
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference took on a new challenge.

The Perils of National Amnesia
"It was freedom to destroy freedom."

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Boycotts Won’t Change Mississippi — but Civil Rights History Shows Us How We Can
To fight discrimination in Mississippi, out-of-state allies should strengthen their ties to the state, not sever them.

Art Equality: From the WPA to Black Mountain and Basquiat
In the age of Black Lives Matter, history reminds us that liberation and social justice begin with creative expression.

How Taxes Have Kept Wealth White
Poll taxes helped lock in place a system of labor relations that kept African Americans from accumulating wealth.