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Mar
21
2012

"TRAYVON MARTIN is dead because he was a young Black man walking where someone thought he shouldn't be. His devastating story is as old as the United States--and it proves that racism is alive and well in 2012, while the first African American president sits in the White House."

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Sep
30
2011

"With a Black man in the White House, the African American political class has all but abandoned solidarity with Haiti. “U.S. Blacks’ hard-earned moral authority continues to deteriorate as they continue to condone—by silence and inaction—the current violation of Haitian rights and sovereignty by the U.S. government.” "

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Sep
23
2011

"The state of Georgia has succeeded in killing Troy Davis--but his struggle for justice will never be forgotten by those who stood in solidarity with him"

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Aug
30
2011

"The longstanding problems of New Orleans’ criminal justice system were documented by Amnesty in its 2010 report Un-Natural Disaster: Human Rights in the Gulf Coast. Now, six years after the levees broke in New Orleans, there is an opening for deep, lasting change in New Orleans Police Department (NOPD)."

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Mar
15
2010

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor documents the devastating foreclosure crisis in the African American community--and sets out the historical backdrop of housing issues and racism.

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  • In Chicago, foreclosures increased by 18 percent in 2009, including 8,000 homes lost by Latinos and another 10,000 homes lost by African Americans. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, between 2009 and 2012, 1.3 million Latinos and 1.1 million African Americans are expected to lose their homes.
  • a 2005 study found that 70 percent of African Americans with incomes between $92,000 and $152,000 who bought homes were given sub-prime loans, versus 16 percent of whites in the same income range.
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