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Kimberlé Crenshaw

@sandylocks

Professor @ColumbiaLaw and @UCLA_law; Executive Director @AAPolicyForum; Host @IMKC_podcast; Views expressed here are my own!

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Don't miss Kimberlé Crenshaw in conversation with Legal Defense Fund President Janai Nelson about the connection between legal power and people power, and why each generation must be ready to protect the rights and freedoms they've inherited. Listen here: pod.link/1441348908

Don't miss <a href="/sandylocks/">Kimberlé Crenshaw</a>  in conversation with <a href="/NAACP_LDF/">Legal Defense Fund</a> President <a href="/JNelsonLDF/">Janai Nelson</a> about the connection between legal power and people power, and why each generation must be ready to protect the rights and freedoms they've inherited. Listen here: pod.link/1441348908
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🚨 I’m joining Ali Velshi on MSNBC at 10:25am this morning to speak on the recent EOs on the NMAAHC and why the Freedom to Learn national week of action is urgent. Tune in! #HandsoffOurHistory #FreedomToLearn

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“Our goal this week has been to flood the zone, as we call it, with Black history,” Crenshaw (Kimberlé Crenshaw) said about the campaign. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m… #HandsOffOurHistory #FreedomToLearn

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They say that Black history distorts the American legacy. But the real distortion is any history that does not include us.  #HandsOffOurHistory

They say that Black history distorts the American legacy. But the real distortion is any history that does not include us. 
#HandsOffOurHistory
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The road to authoritarianism is paved with the creation of a mythic past in an attempt to "make America great again." Hear more my interview w/Ali Velshi on MSNBC about why attacks on our memory and on our history is an attack on our democracy: msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

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Today, in the heart of D.C., alongside civil rights partners, allies and supporters, we stood up for Black history, art, and culture — and marched to the Smithsonian’s NMAAHC 🙌🏾 #HandsOffOurHistory #FreedomToLearn

Today, in the heart of D.C., alongside civil rights partners, allies and supporters, we stood up for Black history, art, and culture — and marched to the <a href="/NMAAHC/">Smithsonian’s NMAAHC</a> 🙌🏾

#HandsOffOurHistory 
#FreedomToLearn
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"Several hundred protesters marched to the museum on Saturday, demanding that Black history and the museums that explore it be protected from interference." nytimes.com/2025/05/06/art… #HandsOffOurHistory #FreedomToLearn

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Our opponents are trying to erase Black history, Black voices and Black lives. That's why we marched to the NMACC on May 3rd: nytimes.com/2025/05/06/art… #HandsOffOurHistory #FreedomToLearn

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We uplift the stolen lives of Robin White,Symone Marshall, Pamela Shantay Turner, Rhonda Harris Ward Africa, Netta Africa, Delisha Africa, Theresa Brooks Africa, Jonie Block, Kourtney Hahn, Sukeba Jackson-Olawunmi, Aiyana Mo’Nay Stanley-Jones,Alberta Spruill, and Thomasina Brown.

We uplift the stolen lives of Robin White,Symone Marshall, Pamela Shantay Turner, Rhonda Harris Ward Africa, Netta Africa, Delisha Africa, Theresa Brooks Africa, Jonie Block, Kourtney Hahn, Sukeba Jackson-Olawunmi, Aiyana Mo’Nay Stanley-Jones,Alberta Spruill, and Thomasina Brown.
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On the 100th birthday of Malcolm X, we revisit a reading of an excerpt from “Ballot or the Bullet” read by @aaronpierre1 during our Story of Us Panel at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. #MalcolmX100

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May 20th marked the tenth anniversary of “Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women,” our landmark study on state violence against Black women, girls and femmes. You can read and download the full report here 📍 bit.ly/SHN_report #SayHerName

May 20th marked the tenth anniversary of “Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women,” our landmark study on state violence against Black women, girls and femmes.

You can read and download the full report here 📍 bit.ly/SHN_report
#SayHerName
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AAPF Executive Director Kimberlé Crenshaw at the Time Impact Dinner. Read more here: "At TIME Impact Dinner, Leaders Speak on the ‘Road to Justice’": time.com/7286463/time-i… TIME

AAPF Executive Director Kimberlé Crenshaw at the Time Impact Dinner. Read more here:  "At TIME Impact Dinner, Leaders Speak on the ‘Road to Justice’": time.com/7286463/time-i… <a href="/TIME/">TIME</a>
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"...the story of George Floyd could not be written today in the federal government, because you can’t say words like ‘racism’, ‘discrimination’, ‘Black’, ‘African American’—I can go on and on. The basic point is, if you can’t tell the story, you can’t demand reform.” TIME

"...the story of George Floyd could not be written today in the federal government, because you can’t say words like ‘racism’, ‘discrimination’, ‘Black’, ‘African American’—I can go on and on. The basic point is, if you can’t tell the story, you can’t demand reform.” <a href="/TIME/">TIME</a>