As Black men in prison, we live the tension between celebrating the abolition of slavery and struggling inside the system that replaced it.
The holiday’s 158-year history holds a lot of meaning in the fight for Black liberation today.
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The murder of George Floyd fueled the largest demonstrations for justice, liberation, and transformative policy change in American history. We are now living through a period of backlash to that moment. Juneteenth calls us to the work that remains.
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Davis’ induction makes more visible the long and deep ties connecting African Americans to the labor movement and anti-capitalist politics, particularly in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
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