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New JEWEL Movement
Day 22 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series The New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation, or New JEWEL Movement (NJM), was a Marxist-Leninst movement that successfully overthrew the neocolonial government in the Caribbean…
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Claudia Jones
Day 21 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Claudia Cumberbatch (Claudia Jones) was born on February 21, 1915 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Claudia’s family migrated to the United States in 1924 and resided in Harlem, New…
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Assata Shakur
Day 12 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Assata, In her own words: “My name is Assata (“she who struggles”) Olugbala ( “for the people” ) Shakur (“the thankful one”), and I am a 20th…
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Mumia Abu Jamal
Day 11 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Mumia Abu Jamal is an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling books, Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms, which address prison life from a critical…
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Day 4 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet, lecturer, and author. She wrote on her racism, feminism She was an abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer. She co-founded the National…
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Abortion Rights and the Attack on Reproductive Freedom
In May 2022, the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, fueling a frenzy of conservative moves at state legislative levels. In November, Michigan will hold an election deciding the accessibility of reproductive access throughout the state.…