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June 1, 2024

The Military’s Myth of Black Freedom

Nicole G. Young Yes Magazine

Black people’s conscription into America’s endless war-making machine only ensures they will never be safe.

July 20, 2020

Another Uprising That Made a Difference: Travis Air Force Base 1971

Jon Knowles Organizing Upgrade

This is not the first time that an uprising against anti-Black racism has opened the door to significant change. There’s the little known rebellion of Black Air Force personnel at Travis Air Force Base in California in May 1971.

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May 26, 2020

Spike Lee and the Battlefield of American History

Regie Ugwu The New York Times

Spike Lee has spent nearly four decades and more than 30 films reckoning with the jagged and brutal course of history. Now, in the middle of a global calamity, and with a new film, “Da 5 Bloods", he revisits the Vietnam War.

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