An Open Letter to Woke Young Brothers

Jeffrey Wright

Shout out to all the woke young brothers who’ve stood up in response to the injustices we've seen too frequently these past years, like when the lives of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Dontre Hamilton and Sandra Bland and too many tragic others were lost needlessly with callous impunity.

An Open Letter to Woke Young Brothers

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