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Former President Barack Obama signing the Affordable Care Act. Photo: Washington Post.

The Black Freedom Struggle, Healthcare Activism, and the Affordable Care Act

March 5, 2017March 8, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

At a recent press conference President Donald Trump remarked, “nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated.” This statement was

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An Interview with Former Black Panther Lynn French

August 6, 2016August 6, 2016 Guest Poster Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, Chicago

This interview was originally published on Public Books and is reprinted here with permission. The interviewer, Salamishah Tillet is an

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The Black Panther Party and the Free Breakfast for Children Program

February 26, 2016February 25, 2016 Guest Poster Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, black politics, Black Power, Civil Rights Movement

This is a guest post by Darryl Robertson, an undergraduate student at Queens College, majoring in History and Journalism. Robertson

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When Cops Kill the Terrorists Win

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Guy Emerson Mount #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, black internationalism, Black Panthers, black politics, black protest, capitalism, Chicago, Ferguson, imperialism, W.E.B. Du Bois

On June 15, 1969 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, famously declared that the

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