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Friday, 27 February 2015 00:00
We're marching in Selma next week so that one day, every kid can wear a hoodie and not get shot
It was exactly three years ago today that Trayvon Martin made the fatal mistake of putting on his hoodie and walking to a Florida convenience store at dusk for a cold drink and a pack of Skittles.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2014 00:00
America “Is Moving Towards Two Societies, One White, One Black — Separate and Unequal”
Some of you may remember the Kerner Commission, but many younger members of our audience probably will not. The Kerner Report should be required reading for policymakers and anyone trying to understand how we got to where we are now in terms of the black experience in America, the history of the ghetto and government’s responsibility to its citizens.
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