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Dennis Banks
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, two names emerged from the Native American and Indigenous community that stood for resistance to white repression and assaults on Native life: Russell Means and Dennis Banks. They… Full Transcript
The Deadliest … So Far
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The sounds of gunfire crackle through the night air, but few seem to realize its import. Some think it’s firecrackers; some, the thump, thump of helicopter blades chopping through the air; some even think its… Full Transcript
August 8th
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Early morning. A time of rest, quiet and repose. On August 8th, 1978, only the early birds in search of worms were stirring. Also, cops assembled, heavily armed. They attacked the MOVE House in Powelton… Full Transcript
Historian Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz is known best for her award-winning work, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Beacon:2014), but lovers and readers of history know that she is a prodigious writer, who has… Full Transcript