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“A Search for Equality” – Ricardo Franco

May 13, 2022 — No Comments ↓

  Ricardo Franco Channon Miller African American History 13 May 2022 A Search for Equality My understanding of African American history in this course was greatly enhanced, as it went into many aspects of the subject throughout history. By attending Continue reading →

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The Importance of Community Both in Past and Present by Matt Arrieta

May 13, 2022 — No Comments ↓

The Black experience and struggle has evolved over many generations and continues to be a layered and complex issue. To gain a better understanding of where we are now as a society in relation to the black experience, I attended Continue reading →

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“Patrisse Cullors and the Journey of Abolition “– Jayda Walsh

May 13, 2022 — No Comments ↓

“A Night with Patrisse Cullors” presented by Torero Program Board (TPB) and Black Student Union (BSU) at the University of San Diego was a discussion and open “Question and Answer” (Q and A) forum. This session was led by Patrisse Continue reading →

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What Malcolm X Might Have to Say About Police Brutality in 2021

May 20, 2021 — No Comments ↓

If I believed that we needed guns to defend ourselves in the sixties, then I certainly think so today. Black people are being attacked at all sides, without posing a threat, so we might as well defend ourselves. I’m Malcolm Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter Movement by Martin Luther King Jr. – Emma Janak

May 20, 2021 — No Comments ↓

Black Lives Matter Movement          One hundred and fifty-eight years ago, in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. One hundred years later, in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed. These significant documents were transformative for the livelihood of all African Continue reading →

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Ella Baker’s Take on Economic Injustice

May 19, 2021 — No Comments ↓

Patton Reid Professor Miller African American History 04 September 2021 Ella Baker’s Take on Economic Justice   America during the 1950s and 1960s was in a midst of a movement, a movement so powerful lead by African American activists, influencers, Continue reading →

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“An Economically Equal America”- Valeria Flores

May 17, 2021 — No Comments ↓

Contemporary Black American society has been the victim of many social, political, and economic issues throughout the years. Many activists during the Civil Rights Movements leading up to recent times, brought attention to these issues they found within society in Continue reading →

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“SNCC: The Revolution Continues” – Bailey Allen

May 11, 2021 — No Comments ↓

We, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), would like to address something before we begin our assessment of the current assault against Black lives. When considering our functionality as a civil rights organization, we are considered to be by most Continue reading →

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“Letters to the African Race With Regard to Poverty” by James Forten – An Interpretive Piece Written by Zoey Brown

May 7, 2021 — No Comments ↓

In my Letters from a Man of Colour that I once wrote anonymously, I stated the most significant aspect of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold this truth to be self-evident, that GOD created all men equal” (White et al. Continue reading →

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“Black Education Amidst The COVID-19 Pandemic”: Through The Eyes of James Baldwin – Fanny Situ

May 7, 2021 — No Comments ↓

We are living through a very uncertain time. Everyone in this world is adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and there is no denying that. But once again, racial inequalities, specifically the lack of access to adequate education and resources, Continue reading →

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