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https://www.rawstory.com/tennessee-republican-defends-racism/

In the Tennessee House of Representatives Tuesday, Knoxville Republican Rep. Justin Lafferty defended the three-fifths compromise — the constitutional provision counting enslaved persons as 3/5ths of a person — and claimed that the purpose of the provision was to bring about the end of slavery d...

21/04/2021

In footage posted by American Bridge, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase attacked the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial that saw the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder and manslaughter for the death of George Floyd."Friends, today's verdict makes me sick," said Chase.....

21/04/2021

The fight is just beginning

14/04/2021

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16/03/2021

Humans don’t belong in camps - doesn’t matter the name or why the Government says they can hold humans...

07/03/2021

04/03/2021

"Every single thing that I do, I'm representing my country, my culture, my heritage, my people, and I have to give my best every single time." "I remember just laying down on the grass and looking...

04/03/2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973111306/house-approves-police-reform-bill-named-after-george-floyd?utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3pHc0FEeasZb1Lsupu3uSdn8vQ8mx9bw6PI80NlaK0qV1YFXl4gzhwOIo

The bill, which would ban chokeholds and eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement, will now advance to the Senate.

02/03/2021

https://www.vogue.com/article/karen-vega-oaxacan-model-mexico?fbclid=IwAR3KnlpzOuk6EDA8Q2ZeWJFd2bpFpjNbVqvNOhyVUNdZLcvJ5yWunwpWxEY

At 18 years old, Vega’s modeling career is already off to a strong start.

01/03/2021

Rich, White UT Donors are angry because the football team did not sing the racist "Eyes of Texas" school spirit song. Excerpt:

"The committee announcement caused some alumni to again question whether the university was leaving the door open on the song. Rhetoric among donors and alumni intensified as pleas to keep the song over the summer turned into frustration that Hartzell needed to take a more aggressive approach. They demanded students and players be required to participate in the university tradition. Several emails argued that Black students should switch schools or leave the state.

"It's time for you to put the foot down and make it perfectly clear that the heritage of Texas will not be lost," wrote another donor who graduated in 1986. Their name was also redacted by UT-Austin. "It is sad that it is offending the blacks. As I said before the blacks are free and it's time for them to move on to another state where everything is in their favor."

At least two people argued that because the Black student population at UT-Austin is small, their voices should not outweigh the larger wishes of the alumni base.

"Less than 6% of our current student body is black," wrote Larry Wilkinson, a donor who graduated in 1970, quoting a statistic UT-Austin officials have stated they’re working to improve. "The tail cannot be allowed to wag the dog….. and the dog must instead stand up for what is right. Nothing forces those students to attend UT Austin. Encourage them to select an alternate school ….NOW!"

Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune show alumni and donors threatened to stop supporting the university financially and demanded that the university president take a stronger stance supporting "The Eyes of Texas."

01/03/2021

Same s**t different party

10/02/2021

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04/02/2021

This Black History Month and the rest of the year let’s remember to fight to keep the US hands off Assata!

04/02/2021

Fighting white supremacy is celebrating Black History Month

02/02/2021

"Newly unearthed documents have shed new light on the FBI’s role in the murder of the 21-year-old Black Panther leader Fred Hampton on December 4, 1969, when Chicago police raided Hampton’s apartment and shot and killed him in his bed, along with fellow Black Panther leader Mark Clark. Authorities initially claimed the Panthers had opened fire on the police who were there to serve a search warrant for weapons, but evidence later emerged that told a very different story: The FBI, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Chicago police had conspired to assassinate Fred Hampton. FBI memos and reports obtained by historian and writer Aaron Leonard now show that senior FBI officials played key roles in planning the raid and the subsequent cover-up. “It was approved at the highest level,” says attorney Jeff Haas, who was part of a landmark civil rights case over the deaths of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark."

Newly unearthed documents have shed new light on the FBI’s role in the murder of the 21-year-old Black Panther leader Fred Hampton on December 4, 1969, when Chicago police raided Hampton’s apartment and shot and killed him in his bed, along with fellow Black Panther leader Mark Clark. Authoritie...