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Founded in April 2017 by Ajamu Baraka, the Black Alliance for Peace is part of the renewed effort to organize the anti-war movement based within the Black community in the United States. The organization's founding members agreed to ten points of unity: the right to self defense; self determination; anti-imperialism; working-class foundation ...
Today, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye remain relevant to Black America.
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
Ajamu Sibeko Baraka (/ ə ˈ ʒ ɑː m uː b ə ˈ r ɑː k ə / ə-ZHAH-moo bə-RAH-kə; born October 25, 1953) [2] is an American political activist. [1] In 2016, he was the Green Party nominee for Vice President of the United States on the ballot in 45 [a] states and received 1,457,216 votes (1.07% of the popular vote).
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National Alliance of Black School Educators; National Black Justice Coalition; National Black United Front; National Council of Negro Women; National Equal Rights League; National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association; National Federation of Colored Farmers; National Independent Political League; National Negro Business League
Protester with a sign reading "Know Justice Know Peace" The variant "No justice, no peace, no racist police" has been recorded in print since at least 1995. [15] This followed the murder of Joseph Gould, a homeless black man, by an off-duty white Chicago police officer, who fled the scene of the crime while Gould lay dying. [16]
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, known as the Century Cycle, chronicled the experiences of the Black community throughout the 20th century.