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Staff Picks: Our Most Admired Black Icons

Nicole Acosta, Steven Keehner, Valerie Lopez, and Jared Naut

February 27, 2019

Members of the Impact Staff break down their favorite Black icons in honor of Black History Month.

Tags: artists, black history month, celebrities, civil rights, february, Football, history, models, music, staff picks, writers

Remember Philando Castile: Will the NRA Defend POC Gun Owners?

Matt Reich, Associate Editor

January 16, 2018

Approaching two years since Castile's death. Over six months since the verdict on the events leading to Castile's death. Does the NRA care to comment?

Tags: civil rights, gun reform, gun rights, nra, Philando Castile, police brutality

#BlackLivesMatter: The New Civil Rights Movement

Rashaan Pace, Impact Staff

March 12, 2015

The United States of America, the birthplace of many revolutionary ideals and documents such as the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution, rendered it’s citizens radical inspiring words such as, “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal”, and “ We the...

Tags: alllivesmatter, blacklivesmatter, civil rights, human rights, law enforcement

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