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The World’s Most Dangerous Rap Group: NWA

Practitioner:
NWA

Date:
Aug 19 1988

In 1988, rap group the N.W.A from Compton, California released their second album, “Straight Outta Compton”. Without any radio play or media coverage, the album still managed to become an underground hit, and the notorious rap group successfully introduced socially…

Tletl (Mexican Nahua Dance) Performance

Practitioner:
Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli

Date:
Aug 19 1988

The group known as Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli, which practices Mexican Nahua dance, song and drumming, is a frequent presence at Black Lives Matter protests in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Its dancers first took to the streets in solidarity with the movement…

BLOOD. by Kendrick Lamar

Practitioner:
Kendrick Lamar

Date:
Aug 19 1988

Kendick Lamar is known as one of the most prolific, and socially conscious, rappers of our time. ‘BLOOD.’ is the second track off of Lamar’s iconic album ‘DAMN.’ from 2017. What makes this song stand out is the sample used…

BLM Mural in SLC

Practitioner:
Justmedia Utah, Red Berets SLC, Unnamed Artists

Date:
Aug 19 1988

Mural artists add color and flavor on 800 South in the Granary District of downtown Salt Lake City. There’s an old-fashioned bar on the side of a locally-owned brewery, and a Southern Utah landscape on another building. Down the street,…

Tyre Nichols Murder Draws Social Justice Activists to Irvington Rally

Practitioner:
Black Lives Matter

Date:
Aug 19 1988

Some 70 or 80 local activists, politicians and other concerned citizens gathered outside Irvington Village Hall Sunday evening, two days after the release of gut-wrenching video of the murder of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols at the hands of policemen in Memphis.…

Unity, Democracy and Courage

Practitioner:
Medu Art Ensemble

Date:
Aug 19 1988

One of the most pressing questions before us in the United States now is how to resolve the tension between our personal visions and needs, on the one hand, and the demands of being a member of a community, on…

‘They’ve taken away my freedom’: the truth about the UK state’s crackdown on protesters

Practitioner:
Natasha Walter

Date:
Aug 19 1988

Melissa is a down-to-earth, friendly woman in her 50s, and it seems that she has always met life with a certain amount of courage. She grew up on another continent, and after early motherhood, then divorce and a first career…

‘They’ve taken away my freedom’: the truth about the UK state’s crackdown on protesters

Practitioner:
Natasha Walter

Date:
Aug 19 1988

Melissa is a down-to-earth, friendly woman in her 50s, and it seems that she has always met life with a certain amount of courage. She grew up on another continent, and after early motherhood, then divorce and a first career…

The History of Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” as a Protest Song

Practitioner:
Kendrick Lamar

Date:
Aug 19 1988

You could hear their chants from the White House. On June 6, hundreds of activists and protesters gathered on Black Lives Matter Plaza, a two-block section on 16th Street in Washington D.C. that was renamed amid BLM protests. The large…

Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian Exhibit

Practitioner:
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date:
Aug 19 1988

A new exhibition titled “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” will debut at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to examine Afrofuturist expression and culture as it relates to music, activism, art, and more. “From the…