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Wash. Rinse. Repeat

In Race/Society by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

1) A white law enforcement officer kills/violates the human rights of a black victim 2) 2a. (if there is video evidence of the crime) Whites have sympathy/empathy for the victim.2b. (If there is no video evidence of the crime) Whites …

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Just A Few Bad Apples?

In Photography by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

African Americans quite literally a century ago (circa 1919-1920) holding a “Fight Police Brutality” sign before a protest demonstration. Incidents of police brutality against African-American communities aren’t isolated incidents as some would like you to believe. This has been our …

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Anonymous African American lynching victim of 1925

In Photography by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Anonymous African American lynching victim of 1925. According to the Equal Justice Initiative, 4,084 African-Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950 in the South. More than 73 percent of lynchings in the post-Civil War period occurred in the Southern states. Not …

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A Flame of Hope After Richmond Burns

In Photography by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

A newly freed African American group of men and a few children posing by a canal against the ruins of Richmond, Virginia. In April 1865, the Confederate government fled Richmond as Union forces approached the city. As the Confederates fled, …

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The Price of Freedom

In Photography by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, were part of the defending forces of Washington, D.C. Photo shows two rows of African Americans holding rifles at Fort Lincoln in 1864.