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Stop enabling white supremacy
Most black folk might get offended if it is suggested that they are enablers to white supremacists. Yet, this enabling takes place every day.
Black newspapers needed more than ever
In 1960, black people in Virginia watched as the state changed the laws against trespassing to make it a more serious crime, with the penalty raised from a $100 fine to $1,000. This action was taken by the then all-white legislature in an attempt to combat the Civil Rights Movement and to more severely punish the activists engaging in sit-ins.
