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Uncut Conversations- Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, AAPF & Clifford Albright, Black Voters Matter [Rewind]

Aug 8, 2025
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a renowned law professor and critical race theory scholar, while Clifford Albright co-founded Black Voters Matter to advocate for voting rights. They discuss the historical significance of civil rights struggles, linking past and present challenges against fascism and anti-Black racism. Crenshaw highlights the necessity of understanding these systemic issues to reclaim democracy, and Albright emphasizes grassroots action to combat civic erosion. Together, they call for individual engagement in the fight for social justice.
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ANECDOTE

Brown Chapel's Defiance And Bloody Sunday

  • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw recounts Brown Chapel defying an executive order to host civil rights meetings.
  • That act anchored a commemorative service and march and helped spur a million-dollar renovation milestone.
INSIGHT

Fascism Seen As Racial Tyranny

  • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw reframes fascism in American terms as a racial tyranny that targeted Black people after Reconstruction.
  • She argues anti-Blackness has been the engine fueling anti-democratic movements and the erosion of civil rights enforcement.
INSIGHT

Democratic Drought And The Trumpism Spark

  • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw likens the current danger to California fires fed by months of drought and dry underbrush.
  • She says decades of hollowing government and attacking public education primed the nation for a Trumpism spark.
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