The baseball diamond became a classroom. The lesson was not that racism can be defeated in an afternoon, or that we could make injustice disappear. The harder lesson was: When someone is harmed, we have a choice.
The pioneering activist understood that freedom could only be won through solidarity across communities. Her legacy offers vital lessons at a time when progressive politics risks losing that shared purpose
A look back to the days when the Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism stood against the thugs of the National Front. There are important differences to the anti-racism battles of today, which calls for fresh thinking.
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