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White and Black Activists Worked Strategically in Parallel in Detroit 50 Years Ago for Civil Rights

Since George Floyd’s murder, some white allies seek ways to fight racial inequality. Detroit’s 1960s "racially parallel organizing" offers insights.

by Say Burgin via The Conversation on December 5, 2024
A History of Black Power We Need and Deserve

A history that is as tactical as it is analytical, as global as it is local, and as based in love as it is in politics.

by Say Burgin via Monthly Review on November 1, 2024
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Pitting Rosa Parks Against Claudette Colvin Distorts History

A new documentary explores the origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott — with lessons on how we see movements.

by Jeanne Theoharis, Say Burgin via Made By History on October 19, 2022
'Ten Days in Harlem': An Interview with Historian Simon Hall

Fidel Castro's visit to Harlem at the intersection of two themes that shaped the 1960s: the Black freedom struggle and global protest during the Cold War.

by Say Burgin, Simon Hall via Black Perspectives on August 31, 2020
Rosa Parks on Police Brutality: The Speech We Never Heard

The Northern Student Movement considered inviting Rosa Parks to give a speech on police brutality, but ultimately decided against it.

by Say Burgin via Black Perspectives on January 23, 2020

Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit

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Racism Has Long Undermined Military Cohesion, Just as Gen. Milley Testified

Late 1960s conflicts within the armed forces produced efforts to educate service members on racism.

by Natalie Shibley via Made By History on June 29, 2021

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