Category: ahmaud arbery

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+ ahmaud arbery, breonna taylor, ernest j gaines, george floyd, lillian e smith, politics, social justice

We Must Act to Ensure Our Freedom

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A few weeks ago, we had a protest in our small, rural town about the administration’s immigration policies. We gathered on the side of the road supporting our neighbors and participating in our right to freedom of speech. Before I went to the protest, I talked to a few people about going; however, they didn’t want to go because they were afraid of what … Read More We Must Act to Ensure Our Freedom

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+ ahmaud arbery, breonna taylor, cannon hinnant, george floyd, jonathan jefferson

Two Individuals, Two Narratives

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On the night of August 8, Bossier City Police officers in Louisiana responded to a domestic disturbance call. When they arrived, they encountered 34-year-old Jonathan Jefferson, a Black man who, since the age of 21, struggled with being bipolar and having schizophrenia. Jonathan came out of the house. His relatives say he had a knife in his hands before police arrived, but they were … Read More Two Individuals, Two Narratives

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We Must Stop the Roots from Ever Appearing

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A couple of years ago, I took students to the EJI  Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. When we first entered the museum, a student saw the flag that hung from the headquarters of the NAACP in New York throughout the 1920s and the 1930s. The flag, which flew outside the headquarters, drew attention to racial violence … Read More We Must Stop the Roots from Ever Appearing

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