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Cinematic Saturday: What Happened Miss Simone?

Posted on • Posted by Bodeline Dautruche

  The Minnesota Officer who killed Philando Castile was acquitted. Philando Castile was murdered in a routine traffic stop in July of last year. Officer Jeronimo Yanez believed that Castile was reaching for a gun when he shot him. However his girlfriend,…

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The Smithsonian’s African-American Museum in DC Breaks New Ground with Grand Opening

Posted on • Posted by Tia

On September 24th, 2016, after decades of planning and development, the Smithsonian African-American Museum of History and Culture saw its grand opening in Washington, DC. In what was a star-studded event, the museum welcomed the attendance of public figures like…

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CULTURE: Celebrating & Learning More About The Lives of Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama

Posted on • Posted by Mieko Jones

May 19th marks the birth of two impressively influential revolutionaries that are no longer with us, Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama. Most of us are familiar with the teachings of Malcolm X, but Yuri’s activism and involvement in the civil…

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