The original heading for this story, was: "After Ferguson:Students form civil rights coalition" However, Ferguson is not over by a long shot, the brutality is still going on there.
The
students announced on Monday the formation of the Black Ivy Coalition —
the first partnership of its kind which will focus on long-term
advocacy work — in a statement acknowledging the importance of college
activism in promoting civil rights today.
“It
is our mission to compel our society to revalue Black lives and end the
violation of human and civil rights of Black people. We aim to correct
the misconception that the Civil Rights movement is over and the United
States exists in a paradigm of post-racism — that the slew of recent
deaths is nothing more than a series of isolated incidents,” reads the
statement released by the group.
The coalition grew out of conversations between students after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Brown’s
shooting highlighted the racial tensions between the black community
and law enforcement, but also served as a call to action for many
student activists.
Shortly
after the shooting, many students across the country became involved in
local protests. It was around this time that student leaders from Penn
started talking informally online with other students at Yale and
Columbia universities, said College senior and UMOJA co-chair Denzel
Cummings.
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