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Today in black history: First protest against slavery
February 18, 2013On this day in 1688 Pennsylvania Quakers organzied the first protest against slavery, the "Germantown Protest." It was the first of its kind in the English colonies. The protest took the form of a petition based...
Read moreINTERVIEW: Prof. Jamie Wilson, the Black Power Movement and lessons for today’s activists
February 17, 2013Prof. Jamie Wilson is giving a special People's World Black History Month teleconference presentation on Tues, Feb 19. This interview is a preview of the themes of his presentation.
Read moreChicago protestors: Cut the Pentagon, not our health
February 15, 2013Don't break our hearts, stop in the name of love; we can't have cuts to programs we depend upon.
Read moreValentine’s Day protest demands halt to sexual harassment
February 15, 2013Union, community, immigrant rights, and faith group members gathered on Valentine's Day in front of Mi Pueblo Foods, in the heart of the heavily Latino Fruitvale district.
Read moreToday in black history: Civil rights pioneer Claudia Jones is born
February 15, 2013Jones died in exile in Great Britain in 1964 at the age of 49, her health weakened from imprisonment in the U.S. because of her political activism.
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