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Student Mbuyisa Makhubo carries fatally injured Hector Pieterson after he was shot by South African troops during the Soweto uprising in 1976. Left, his sister Antoniette, then 17.
“I saw a child fall down. Under a shower of bullets I rushed forward and went for the picture. It had been a peaceful march, the children were told to disperse, they started singing Nkosi Sikelele. The police were ordered to shoot” - Sam Nzima, photographer. Read more.
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therealchet:
[All Innocent. All Killed. All Black. All Unarmed.]
- Aiyana Stanley
- Amadou Diallo
- Corey Brown
- DeAunta Terrel Farrow
- Derrick Jones
- Emmett Till
- Guy Jarreau Jr.
- Jimmell Cannon
- Kenneth Harding
- Kiwane Carrington
- Orlando Barlow
- Oscar Grant
- Ousmane Zongo
- Patrick Dorismond
- Ramarley Graham
- Reginald Doucet
- Rekia Boyd
- Ronald Madison
- Sean Bell
- Steven Eugene Washington
- Tarika Wilson
- Travares McGill
- Trayvon Martin
- Victor Steen
- Wendell Allen
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Photo: Scott Olson
The New York Times reports on gun violence in Chicago:
This city’s 471st homicide of 2012 happened in the middle of the day, in the middle of a crowd, on the steps of the church where the victim of homicide 463 was being eulogized. Sherman Miller, who was 21, collapsed amid gunfire not far from the idling hearse that was there to carry away James Holman, 32, shot to death a week earlier.
Read the entire article here.
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Rupy Kaur: Why she kicks ass
- She is a Sikh disability activist and an officer for NUS Disabled Students’ Campaign; which is the largest single organisation in the UK run by disabled students, for disabled students.
- At the University of Manchester, she was founder and chairwoman of the ABLED society, which was set up to enhance disabled students’ experiences at university.
- She was also elected as the Open Place Representative on the Disabled Students’ Committee for the National Union of Students. Her role involves raising disability issues, including accessible transport.
- Rupy is also a member of SKILL, the National Bureau of Students with Disabilities. She was appointed member of the Disabled Persons’ Transport Advisory Committee in July.
- In 2009, she completed a tandem skydive at Grange over Sands to raise funds for the anti racism organisation Searchlightand its Hope Not Hate campaign.
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“One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist… She thought I was crying because it’s like Santa Claus is not real. I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us.”
i want to talk about kids of color & the superhuman/mutant discourse
this is heartbreaking.
Waiting For Superman - One of the best movies I’ve ever watched
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