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  • Watch: Literary Giant Walter Mosley Doesn’t Need Inspiration to Write

    Literary giant Walter Mosley needs no inspiration to write. “I don’t need inspiration because I love to write,” Mosley told The Root. With a three-decades-long career and over 50 books published, as one would imagine, Mosley’s love for writing runs deep. In fact, writing has become a discipline and an integral part of his life—Mosley…

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    Felice León

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  • Watch: History of the Juvenile Justice System

    America incarcerates more juveniles than any country in the world. In 2015, black children were five times more likely than white children to be incarcerated. So while 86 of 100,000 white children in the United States were behind bars, 433 of 100,000 black children found themselves locked up. To understand how we got here, let’s…

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    Felice León

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  • Black Lives Matter Kicks Off The Provocateurs Series at California African American Museum

    Nina Simone once said that “an artist’s duty is to reflect the times.” “At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don’t think you can help but be involved,” Simone said. It makes sense, then, that the Black Lives Matter Global Network…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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