08/27/2020
Black people resisting racism during the month of August is not a new phenomena. We have literally been challenging oppression in majors ways during this month for several hundred years.
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It's documented.
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Beginning on August 14, 1791, the uprising ended in 1804 with Haiti declaring independence from French colonial rule, ending chattel slavery, and becoming the first Black republic in the world.
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On August 21, 1831, in Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner, an enslaved Black freedom fighter, led an insurrection against chattel slavery with the help of over 40 other enslaved people.
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The Fugitive Slave Law Convention, chaired by the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, was held in New York on August 21-22, 1850. It was convened to organize opposition to the passage by the U.S.Congress of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which legalized the capture of escaped enslaved people in every state.
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The March on Washington, led by Dr. Martin Luther King and others, took place on August 28, 1963.
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On August 11, 1965, the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles rose up in rebellion in response to police brutality against a Black man during a traffic stop.
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On August 21, 1971, George Jackson, an abolitionist, author, and prisoners’ rights movement leader, was assassinated by guards during a rebellion at San Quentin State Prison.
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August 15, 1975 marks the historic acquittal of Joan Little, a Black woman and freedom fighter who killed her white jailer after he tried to r**e her.
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On August 26, 2016, Colin Kaepernick took. Knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality.
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On August 26, 2020, all NBA playoff teams strike to raise awareness about police brutality after the attempted murder of .
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