anti-racism

Martin Luther King, Jr. marches with other Civil Rights, Labor and Antiwar leaders in Chicago on March 25, 1967 against the Vietnam War
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MLK Day 2020: Honor the Antiwar Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

January 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Monday, January 20, marks the 91st birthday commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). Since 1986, the federal government has recognized the third Monday in January as a national holiday where […]
Migrant families caged in a makeshift detention center
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Groups tell Congress – Impeach Trump for hate crimes

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff The following letter was sent to the Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives urging that an article of impeachment be drawn up against President Trump for hate crimes against […]
Cassie with ICE Kills sign at SF ICE Dentention Center Close the Camps rally
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Cassandra Devereaux for California State Assembly, District 14

December 3, 2019 fwstaff
By  Cassandra Devereaux My name is Cassandra Devereaux and I would like to announce my candidacy for the office of California State Assembly for District 14 under the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. I am […]
Detroit People's Task Force meeting participants on Nov. 14, 2019 at Cass Commons
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Detroit People’s Task Force Holds Roundtable Discussion on the Prison Industrial Complex

November 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff On Thursday afternoon Nov. 14, 2019, The Detroit People’sTask Force (DPTF) held a roundtable discussion on the problems related to the criminal justice system and the prison industrial complex. The meeting […]
Chicago Teachers Strike during October 2019
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Chicago teachers strike settled

November 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On October 17, 25,000 Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members walked off the job demanding better salaries and working conditions among other issues. The strike also was joined by members of the Service […]
James Baldwin
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James Baldwin Documentary Has Relevance in the United States Today

November 4, 2019 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: This article was written on February 21, 2017 Review: I Am Not Your Negro Filmmaker: Raoul Peck Narration: Samuel L. Jackson In the aftermath of World War II the African […]
Detroit delegation headed by Helen Moore to Cincinnati for the literacy case appeal on Oct. 24, 2019
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Moratorium NOW! Coalition Joins Delegation to Federal Appeals Court for Constitutional Right to Literacy Case

November 4, 2019 fwstaff
By FW Detroit staff These photographs were taken on Thurs. Oct. 24, 2019 surrounding the 6th Circuit United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio hearing on a landmark civil rights case involving whether the […]
Jesse of Colectiva Brown Berets de la Bahia speaks at rally at San Francisco Federal Building, where Nancy Pelosi has her district office. Pelosi was in town, but didn’t come out to speak to us.
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Rally Tells Pelosi: “Impeach Trump for Hate Crimes”

August 28, 2019 fwstaff
By Terri Kay On the second anniversary of Charlottesville, as part of a national call for Days of Action to Smash White Supremacy and Impeach Trump for Hate Crimes, a rally was held on Saturday, […]
Detroit Demonstration on Second Anniversary of Charlottesville Racist Attacks
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Detroit Demo commemorates Charlottesville

August 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW staff On Sat. Aug. 10, 2019 at Campus Martius in downtown Detroit, a demonstration was held to commemorate the second anniversary of Charlottesville, where anti-racist activist Heather Heyer was killed by a […]
Two demonstrators stand against the National Action Group, a white supremacist group, at an event in February 1972.
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L. Brooks Patterson’s cancer announcement elicits zero sympathy

April 12, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg and David Sole Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson’s cancer announcement brings back a lot of memories, but no sympathy. Patterson made his name as the lawyer for the racist anti-busing organization, […]