Category: Defend Black Voters Coalition
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Your Chance to Advocate for Education Funding
Join Emergent Justice and other members of the Michigan Education Justice Coalition (MEJC) in Lansing on April 29th to advocate for increases to 31a and 31aa education funding. These funds are used for “at-risk” and mental health supports are proven to increase school success and interrupt the school to prison pipeline. Supports such as: Does your…
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Behind the Little Rock Nine
On September 4, 1957, nine Black students arrived at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas intending to integrate the school. Their names were Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls. After making their way through an angry white, they were greeted at…