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Guest Analysis
Obama’s choice: Mass violator of people’s rights
The President has placed at the head of his task force on militarized policing Charles Ramsey, an official whose own…
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Marion Barry (1936-2014): Passing of civil rights figure marks end of era
With the death of Marion Barry, it’s hard not to reflect on the passing of not only a man but…
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Looking back at the 1964 Civil Rights Act
This July 2nd we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The most obvious and really glaring…
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Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Ed
Brown v. Board of Education overturned almost 60 years of the racist “separate but equal” doctrine embedded in the infamous…
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Re-segregation, Black liberation and revolutionary unity
Despite the fall of legal segregation, the United States remains a highly segregated society.
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La re-segregación, la unidad revolucionaria y la autodeterminación negra
A pesar de la derrota de la segregación legal, Estados Unidos sigue siendo una sociedad altamente segregada.
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60 años después de Brown vs. Junta de Educación
Brown vs. Junta de Educación anuló casi 60 años de la doctrina racista de "separados pero iguales" incrustada en la…
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Chokwe Lumumba Presente!
Chokwe Lumumba, “America’s Most Revolutionary Mayor,” a man who refused to renounce his revolutionary past—or present—has passed on.
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Los aparceros en Alabama: Comunismo y la resistencia afroamericana en los 30
“Martillo y Azada”, un libro escrito en 1990 por el historiador Robin D.G. Kelley, es una crónica del desarrollo del…
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Dr. King had a dream of economic equality—what can make it reality?
Forty-five years after King's assassination, poverty and unemployment remain at the core of U.S. society, but neither the Republicans nor…
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