August 1: Remebering REsistance

People of color have always faced systems of oppression with courage. Throughout history, Black people have put their bodies on the line—facing police batons in the streets, refusing to yield a bus seat, or taking up arms in the face of violence. This tradition of resistance carries many names and many perspectives, all flowing into the river of struggle honored during Black August.

Some, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., believed that unearned suffering—enduring injustice without retaliation—was the most redemptive experience a human could have. King and countless others bore pain, jail, and even death to expose the moral bankruptcy of segregation and racial violence, transforming suffering into a tool for collective liberation.

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