[Occupymendocino] Fwd: The vivid words of Langston Hughes still ring true today

[DANIEL BAKER]

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From: Arisha Michelle Hatch, ColorOfChange.org <info at colorofchange.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 3:15 PM
Subject: The vivid words of Langston Hughes still ring true today
To: Will Notnow <BLACKDANTHEMAN100 at gmail.com>


Dear Will,

*It’s been 77 years since civil rights activist and poet Langston Hughes
wrote his chilling poem “Kids Who Die,” which illuminates the horrors of
lynchings during the Jim Crow era.* Now, as we approach the one year mark
of the tragic police killing of Michael Brown and the Ferguson uprising
that sparked a growing movement, Hughes' words painfully still ring true
today.

Frank Chi, progressive media consultant, and Terrance Green, a filmmaker
and strategist, have created a powerful video visualizing the injustice of
current day police violence through Hughes' poem. Inspired by the
incredible acts of resistance that have taken place since August of last
year, Terrance and Frank's creative work confronts the reality of what it
means to be Black in America.

*August 9th is a big day for the movement and many of us will wrestle with
the weight of it's many meanings. *While this Sunday represents a day of
unconscionable tragedy, it also marks the re-birth of a powerful Black-led
movement to end systemic racism that is poised to change the world.

*Check here to watch the "Kids Who Die Video." Once you are done, help
spread it's message by sharing with your friends and family.*
<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/5127?t=1&akid=4642.2280305.VF6SLo>

Thanks and peace,

— Arisha, Rashad, Shani, Lyla and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
August 5th, 2015

[image: KidsWhoDie]
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