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The Global African – Grace Lee Boggs & Dyett Hunger Strike

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

October 29, 2015 – Issue 627 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; The Global African Grace Lee Boggs & Dyett Hunger Strike Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR The subject of this video is the legacy of activist Grace Lee Boggs and a hunger strike in Chicago protesting a school closing. Mr. Fletcher looks…

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October 29, 2015 – Issue 627

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The Global African Grace Lee Boggs & Dyett Hunger Strike

Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR

The subject of this video is the legacy of activist Grace Lee Boggs and a hunger strike in Chicago protesting a school closing. Mr. Fletcher looks at these issues with Shekinah Hockenhull, Howard student and Grace Lee Boggs protege, Adrienne Maree Brown, Detroit based activist and writer, and Jitu Brown, National Director of Journey for Justice Alliance.

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