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South Africa's Future Held by 'Born Frees'
(The Root) — The “new” South Africa turns 20 next year. The “biggest challenge” for this maturing democracy is how it deals with the “born frees,” says the Rev. Frank Chikane, who played a central role in the death of the old regime and the birth of the new order. The born frees are those…
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The Root Interview: Julian Bond on the State of Black America
For more than 50 years, Julian Bond has been a human rights and civil rights leader. In 1960 he co-founded the SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Bond spent 20 years in the Georgia Legislature after first being denied a seat because of his outspoken views against the Vietnam War. For 11 years, until 2010,…
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