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umi selah (formerly Philip Agnew)

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator umi selah fka Phillip Agnew, a native of Chicago, Ill., found his voice as a community activist while a student at Florida A&M University, the #1 Historically Black College & University in the world. In 2005, he helped to organize students from FAMU, Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College in the creation of the Student Coalition for Justice, which was formed in response to the Martin Lee Anderson case. In 2012, he co-founded the Dream Defenders, an organization committed to shifting the culture through transformational organizing; dedicated to building a community of love and reconciliation and training and organizing young people in nonviolent civil disobedience, transformative organizing, and direct action.

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Up you mighty race. Accomplish what you will. What a time. To be Alive! What a time. To be Alive!

By umi selah (formerly Philip Agnew) Guest Commentator

We must think of our responsibilities to others in everything that we do and build. The Black Radical Tradition has always been the champion here and we must not allow subversive, anti-revolutionary personalities and mis-leaders to own this conversation any longer.

Note: The following is a presentation made by Mr. selah at The Black Radical Tradition in Our Time, 2016 Conference - Temple University, Philadelphia PA The…

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