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George Floyd, Emmett Till Generational Wake-Up Calls.

It’s critically important that current and future generations of black folks do a much better job of creating the kind of black national unity advocated by Dr. King and Brother Malcolm. It is the most effective way to honor the memories of Emmett Till, George Floyd, Dr. King, Brother Malcolm and other warriors whose lives were taken in the war against white supremacy/racism.

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On January 14, 1963, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel gave the speech “Religion and Race,” at a conference of the same name that assembled in Chicago, Illinois. There he met Dr. Martin Luther King and the two became friends. Rabbi Heschel marched with Dr. King at Selma, Alabama in

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White Supremacists Are Infiltrating George Floyd Protests In Hopes Of Sparking A Civil War - Blavity

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