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#WordinBlack: Black Lives Matter: a self-evident truth | Afro

by Hiram Jackson and Word in Black Now that Black Lives Matter is a part of the country’s social infrastructure, I like so many other Blacks and whites – contemplated if this was a movement for the ages, or a knee jerk reaction to the killing of teen Trayvon Martin. Was it the battle cry that follows […]

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