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GRITtv: Hasan Kwame Jeffries: Bloody Lowndes

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The symbol of the black panther was an export from Alabama. That's right. It didn't come from the streets of Oakland, but from the struggle for freedom in the rural south, where the cat was once common and eventually became a symbol on ballots during the voting rights drive in Lowndes, Alabama.

GRITtv Jan. 18, 2010

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As we celebrate the life and legacy of U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King, we take a look back at another recent discussion of one of the biggest civil rights struggles of our time: the fight to liberate the Palestinian people. Not long ago, the UN Human Rights Council released the Goldstone Report, sharply condemning Israel's actions in the recent fighting between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza strip.

GRITtv: September 15, 2009

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International pressure is mounting on Israel to end the occupation. More than 1,000 filmmakers, actors, and writers recently called for a protest of the Toronto Film Festival’s spotlight on Tel-Aviv. You can read the Toronto Declaration here. Meanwhile an international boycott is growing. Neve Gordon, in a recent editorial, explains why it is time to boycott Israel.

GRITtv: Hasan Kwame Jeffries: Bloody Lowndes

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The symbol of the black panther was an export from Alabama. That's right. It didn't come from the streets of Oakland but from the struggle for freedom in the rural south. That is just one of the remarkable stories in Hasan Kwame Jeffries' new book, Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama?s Black Belt. A professor of history at Ohio State University, Jeffries discusses the legacy of the African-American struggle for freedom and the roots of the civil rights movement, which he traces back to the moment of emancipation.

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