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Cal State LA
Professor and chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University LA and a member of the group Black Lives Matter
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Melina Abdullah
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FROM Melina Abdullah
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Do Black Lives Matter? Two Police Shootings of Black Men Go Viral It seems like there has been a never ending stream of reports of black people killed by police over the last few years. In just 48 hours, videos of two more black men fatally shot by cops have gone viral. First, Alton Sterling was shot multiple times by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Tuesday night.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down Mayor’s Community Meeting Black Lives Matter protesters shouted and turned their backs on Mayor Garcetti at a community meeting held last night at the Holman United Methodist Church in South LA. The meeting was meant to help improve the mayor’s relationship with the community there. The meeting was shut down early.
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Opening the Curtain
Sleeping with your son Remember that cool kid in high school? The one with the awesome jacket and that effortless edge. He was something of a rebel: used nasty language in just the right way. Made it all look so easy. Now remember that other kid who tried to copy him? Same jacket, same foul language but he couldn’t quite pull it off?