'There is so much power in elevating our histories and reflecting on the lessons learned from the lives of past radical ancestors whose legacies shape this time of Black uprising.' mayafinoh on BlackAugust
of Black August for Black people in this country: “August is a month of meaning, of repression and radical resistance, of injustice and divine justice; of repression and righteous rebellion; of individual and collective efforts to free the slaves and break the chains that bind us.” When we have a firm understanding of what past freedom fighters have gone through, we are less likely to try to simply reinvent the wheel and more likely to generate new ideas and methodologies.
Black August reminds us that there is a long legacy of Black resistance that began the minute white European colonizers first stole Africans and brought them toWhile Black August unapologetically centers Black political prisoners, the definition of who is and isn’t a political prisoner becomes less relevant when the violence of the prison system is laid bare.
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