MUST SEE

Black Lives Matter Activists Shout Down Hillary Clinton at “African Americans for Hillary’ Rally – AJ+ 10.30.15

Guilty for being a black girl? What SC ‘body slam’ incident says about police brutality – RT America

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The business going on at Homan Square is like nothing else

“Seventh Grade” is an Unmissable Short Film on Black Girlhood

Fannie Lou Hanmer’s Powerful Testimony

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#WomensFreedomFriday Live Tweet – Violence Against Women of Color – 10/2/15

Stop Police Brutality Panel – Columbia School of Social Work – 10/7/2015

bell hooks + Kevin Powell – Black Masculinity: Threat or Threatened – The New School – 10/6/15 Continue reading FRN Must List 10/08/15 →

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‘Is The American Justice System Racist?’ – Shane Smith Asks President Obama

Senator Warren’s Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate 

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Texas deputy shooting continues the national debate

#WomensFreedomFriday Twitter Chat with Feminista Jones

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Black man pulled over by white police officer for “making direct eye contact with him” – The David Pakman Show – 8/25/2015

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29 Portraits That Prove Afropunk Is The Move Stylist Festival On Earth – Fader  by Liza Raiss – Photos by Natalie Keyssar

Meet One of the Women Who Created a Black Lives Matter Textbook for Middle Schoolers – Pacific Standard – by Francie Diep – 8/27/2015

In Chicago, hunger strikers fight for a high school – The Washington Post – by Lyndsey Layton – 8/26/2015

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New Orleans’ Recovery From Hurricane Katrina Leaves Some Behind – NBC News

An Unequal Recovery in New Orleans: Racial Disparities Grow in City 10 Years After Katrina

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10 NOLA Groups Truly Doing the Work When the Cameras Aren’t On – Colorlines by Rosana Cruz – Graphics by Aura Bogado

Two Sides to the Katrina recovery: one black, one white – separate and unequal – The LENS – 8.28.2015

“We Lost My Grand Mother In The Storm. I don’t Mean She Passes, We Lost Her” – Refiner29 – 8.28.2015

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Must Watch

  Off the Streets & Onto The Syllabus: The Freddie Gray Course – NPR – 8/22/15 Continue reading FRN Must List – August 24 2015 →

I was blessed to be on the planning team for the recent Movement for Black Lives Convening – held July 24-26 in Cleveland, OH. Below are some of the many articles related to the Convening.

The Movement for Black Lives Convening – Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH

Strange Fruit Podcast: Police Violence, and the Movement for Black Lives Convening

Black Love Matters by Mark Winston Griffith

Black Lives Convening: A pivotal moment for liberation

#M4BL Convening 2015: Just What We Needed

Thousands of ‘freedom fighters’ in Cleveland for first national Black Lives Matter conference

MUST WATCH

Why are we still talking about Racism?

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