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deGregory: White supremacy in Wakanda | The Atlanta Voice
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Africa: Racism and Self-Hate - Why Africa Is Not Innocent
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Moore's Ford Lynching
During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into
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Do You Get It Now? When Did Kneeling Become a Crime?
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