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2 weeks ago | 
time.com | Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw
On June 7, 2020, Representative John Lewis made his last public appearance at the Black Lives Matter mural, painted on the road adjacent to the White House. He was so moved by the mural that he wanted to see it in person.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw
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In an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Donald Trump took direct aim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, (“NMAAHC”) among other Smithsonian museums. The NMAAHC is dedicated to accurately documenting our history and cultural contributions to America.
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2 weeks ago | 
afro.com | Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw
By Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw“You will know them by their fruits,” Matthew 7:16In an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Donald Trump took direct aim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, (“NMAAHC”) among other Smithsonian museums. The NMAAHC is dedicated to accurately documenting our history and cultural contributions to America.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
msn.com | Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
jill.substack.com | Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé W. Crenshaw |Thea Lim |Pema Levy |Scarlet Hannington
Photo by Clay Banks on UnsplashHappy Monday! Here are some fine reads from around the web, plus what you might have missed from the newsletter and elsewhere this week. Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. American democracy is in peril. And racism will be the sledgehammer that destroys itby Kimberlé W.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw
Racism has been the achilles heel of American democracy since its founding as a racialized project, predicated on theft of land, of labor and of the reproductive autonomy of Black women. These are truths that Maga extremists want to erase. But it is not just history that Maga wants to silence and it isn’t just Maga that has acquiesced.
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May 4, 2024 | 
forummag.com | Sam Adler-Bell |Anthony Conwright |Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw |David Daley
Before October 7, 2023 there were seventeen functioning universities and colleges in Gaza. Now there are none. All of the schools in Gaza have been closed and/or destroyed.
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May 1, 2024 | 
forummag.com | Sam Adler-Bell |Anthony Conwright |Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw |David Daley
If there are two things it makes sense to bet against these days, they are the United States of America and the movies. The faltering status of both institutional bedrocks is well-known. It’s understood they are on the way out; it’s common wisdom, the stuff of countless op-eds online, of conversations at work, over dinner, wherever.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
forummag.com | Sam Adler-Bell |Anthony Conwright |Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw |David Daley
In June of 2009, “Richard Hoste,” a writer and contributor to a plethora of white nationalist websites, lambasted conservatives’ perceived weakness in the face of a growing antiracist movement. “How many conservatives would be willing to say that there is something wrong with black people and the Mexicans who will be our rulers by the end of the century?
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
audible.com | Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw |Sun Tzu |Graham Hancock |M. Doreal
Fill the void. Lift your voice. Say Her Name. Black women, girls, and femmes as young as seven and as old as 93 have been killed by the police, though we rarely hear their names or learn their stories. Breonna Taylor, Alberta Spruill, Rekia Boyd, Shantel Davis, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore, Kyam Livingston, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseaux, and Tanisha Anderson are among the many lives that should have been.
