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January 15th, 2023 || African American, Civil Rights, News and Public Affairs, Uncategorized, Voting Rights.

Dr. MLK Day Analysis, Pan-Afro Environmentalism

Celebration of Dr. King is a celebration of a people’s accomplishments especially the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A discussion of new threats to voting and civil rights to reverse progressive change. The climate change activist, Walter L. Smith II, coins the term ‘Pan-Afro Enviromentalist’.

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