racism
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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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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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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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The case of the Angola 3
The Angola 3 are three men who have been incarcerated for decades in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. All…
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Civil rights and the U.S. revolution
The modern Civil Rights movement burst onto the scene with the year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama that began Dec.…
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Talking about Martin Luther King, Jr.
As a part of a continuing series of guest articles, Socialism and Liberation marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by…
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Disenfranchising Black voters: A legacy of U.S. racism
About one week prior to the Presidential election, a conflict in Ohio drew national attention. The State Republican Party was…
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A Life in the Black Panther Party” Book review: Mumia Abu-Jamal’s “We Want Freedom”
Revolutionary journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been a political prisoner on death row since 1982. He was arrested on charges of…
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D.C. communities fight baseball stadium, gentrification
On Sept. 30, District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams an nounced plans to build a new $440 million publicly-funded sports…
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