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Black Women’s Lives Matter: A Discussion With BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Author Asha Bandele [Retracted]

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By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

January 8, 2018
News

Kalief Browder’s Mother Laid to Rest in NYC

About 100 mourners gathered to honor 63-year-old Venida Browder’s life on Saturday in the Bronx, N.Y., according to the New York Daily News. Browder died after a series of heart attacks on Oct. 14. Browder was the mother of the late Kalief Browder, the young New York City man who committed suicide about a year…

By

The Root Staff

Published

October 23, 2016
Politics

Mom of Kalief Browder Dies of a 'Broken Heart'

The mother of Kalief Browder, who killed himself after spending three traumatic years in New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, has died of a “broken heart,” her lawyer told the New York Daily News Sunday. Venida Browder, 63, died Friday at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough from complications of a heart…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

October 17, 2016