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So much has come to pass since Ferguson first erupted in the summer of
2014. California passed stricter limitations on the use of police force
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. Eric Garner's killer was finally fired. Mothers of the movement
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have been publicly honored; some have run for office
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, and Tamir Rice's mother even founded an Afrocentric Cultural Center
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in her son's name. But what happened in Ferguson after the cameras left?
On this 5th year since the murder of Mike Brown and the resulting
Ferguson Uprising, Colorlines explores the cost of being on the
frontlines of the fight for liberation from police violence through a
series of interviews
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with Ferguson families
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and activists
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. The first interview: Mike Brown's dad
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reflecting on the 5 years since his son became a political symbol.
In the second interview, Melissa McKinnies
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discusses the Mike Brown rebellion and the lynching of her own son,
while the third interview features key activists
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weighing in on the impact of their local movement. To share and engage
in conversations about Colorlines' coverage on the movement for justice
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Deepa Iyer on the significance of 'Blinded By The Light'
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An immigrant story is at the center of the new Bruce Springsteen-tribute
film
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In an essay for Colorlines, Race Forward Senior Fellow Deepa Iyer writes
about her personal connection to the new Gurinder Chadha-directed Bruce
Springsteen homage film ‘Blinded By The Light'
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. Deepa talks about navigating her adolescence in Kentucky listening to
songs like " The Promised Land
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" and " Growin' Up
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", and how the 2019 film is "big screen affirmation" that people of
color are a part of The Boss' fanbase
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Deepa explores how the film's titular character's British Pakistani
immigrant experience
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helps to anchor the theme of the universality of Bruce Springsteen's
music, as well as making connections between scenes in the film and
today's hostile political climate. You can read more about Deepa's
"Springsteen journey" in the forthcoming anthology, " Long Walk Home
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" from Rutgers University Press available September 23.
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Resisting and Defying Cruel Immigration Policies
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New Mexico's Workforce Solutions Department on Saying "No" to ICE Data
Requests
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In this defiant Op-Ed
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by the secretary of the New Mexico Workforce Solutions Department, Bill
McCamley argues that mass immigration raids like those in Mississippi
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endanger everyone in the community because they silence crime victims
and witnesses. When ICE agents came calling for sensitive worker
information, they simply said, "No", and encourage other states to do
the same.
Race Forward rejects the Trump Administration's fear-mongering and its
white supremacist policies of hate, division, and mass deportation.
Rather, we support immigrant communities and the people and families
seeking refuge. We stand in solidarity with all who are mobilizing
around the country. And, we applaud local governments and leaders, many
of whom are members of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity
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, who are speaking out and resisting inhumane and unjust immigration
enforcement.
Staff Picks
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FX Network
Find out what art & culture is attracting the attention of our staff!
This month we hear from our Executive Assistant to the Office of the
President, Travon Anderson
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" The show that has my attention right now is Pose
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, mainly because of the 80's music! The series won my heart
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in the very first episode with Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody". I love the
character development
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as the seasons progress and how gay people of color and especially trans
people of color are highlighted. The show has a great balance of serious
content with humor, and I highly recommend it
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