“The city saw a chance to replace an unpretentious community of color, who had to renew their leases every few years, with glitzy hotels and shops that needed 99-year leases to pencil out. So it began the process of evicting, demolishing and burning. Survivors say confiscations often came with little notice, and that keepsakes and
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During the 15th Anniversary of the Leimart Park Village Book Fair, Areva sat down with Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize winning creator of The 1619 Project for an engaging discussion about the persistence of anti-Black racism and inequality in American life today. As a follow-up, the book THE 1619 PROJECT: A NEW ORIGIN STORY continues the conversation as a definitive account of how racism and Black resistance have shaped the nation.
Areva Martin was honored to receive a Global Impact Award from The Bowman Foundation for Workplace Equity & Mental Wellness.
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Hear what Areva has to say about the racist comments leaked from L.A.’s City Council members.
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“The community as a whole has suffered like the Bruce family,” Martin offered. “That’s restorative justice. A lot of people think of it as reparations, but it means an injustice was done to someone. So we have an obligation morally and legally to make them whole.”She said there are many more cases like the Bruce
Areva and a panel of powerhouse women discuss the state of Black women in America on October 6th during a two-hour special segment on KBLA 1580.
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