civil rights
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Build a class-conscious, independent struggle
On September 24, hundreds of thousands will attend anti-war marches in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle. The…
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‘I am confined to a cell that is eight […] by eight feet …’
Peltier was targeted because of his strong advocacy for Native rights and defense of Native sovereignty. The U.S. government withheld…
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The 1965 Watts rebellion
With the 40th anniversary of the Watts rebellion upon us, many still point to the arrests of Marquette, Rena and…
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Mumia supporters take action
The case of revolutionary African American journalist and death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal demonstrates the lengths to which the ruling…
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New gains for the ‘Angola 3’
In June, the Angola 3 received news of a favorable ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the…
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Emmett Till: Justice delayed, justice denied
On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted from the home of his uncle, Moses Wright, in Money, Mississippi.…
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The politics of the UN Human Rights Commission
The United States is the biggest military and economic power in the world. Exercising this power in the interests of…
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James Forman: A revolutionary life, 1928-2005
African American civil rights leader James Rufus Forman died of cancer on Jan. 10, 2005, at the age of 76.…
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Communism and Black resistance in the 1930s South
“Hammer and Hoe,” a 1990 book written by historian Robin D.G. Kelley, chronicles the development of a communist movement in…
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Ossie Davis: Artist and voice for equality, 1917-2005
Ossie Davis—actor, director, writer and militant civil rights activist—died in Miami on Feb. 4. He was 87. The son of…
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