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Black Lives Matter
“Black Lives Matter” Takes on Special Meaning in South Carolina
“We've been terrorized for hundreds of years.”
The Broken System That Killed My Son
Carla Sheffield, Burrell Ramsey-White's mother, talks about her struggle for peace and justice.
“I Am Not Nonviolent”: New Nina Simone Film Captures Singer and Activist’s Uncompromising Voice
We look back at the life of one of the most important voices of the civil rights movement: the singer Nina Simone.
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Surviving White Terrorism: Next Steps in the Struggle for Black Lives
Black communities continue to suffer through anti-Black violence, domestic terrorism and anti-Black racism.
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On Remembrance and Resisting Desecration
We are the builders of peace, and peace is not the silence between gunshots.
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We Were Never Meant to Survive: A Response to the Attack in Charleston
This country has never valued Black people. We cannot consider ourselves safe anywhere.
Mass Protests Trigger Ongoing Investigations of Police Homicides
If police continue to kill citizens at this rate, more than 1,000 people will die at the hands of police by the end of this year.
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White Suspect Identified for Killing of Nine People in Massacre at Black Church
Authorities attempt to identify the white gunman who opened fire in a historic black church in SC Thursday evening.
Massacre in Charleston: Nine Shot Dead at Historic Black Church
The victims were attending Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church when the attack occurred.
What Do 800-Year-Old Magna Carta and Black Lives Matter Have in Common?
Peter Linebaugh draws connections between the Magna Carta and the Black Lives Matter movement.