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Tag Archives: system of white supremacy
Ferguson and the System of White Supremacy: What we can learn from the 1967 Riot in Grand Rapids
While attending a symbolic action in Grand Rapids, an action in support of what is happening in the aftermath of the police shooting of a young Black man in Ferguson, MO, I heard someone say, “we need to be vigilant … Continue reading
