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Bail Out a Sister for Mother's Day
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
29 Apr 2019
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Black women are the fastest growing segment of the US prison population, said Efia Nwangaza, director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, in Greenville, South Carolina, who teamed up with other human rights activists to form the Black Momma’s Mothers Day Bail-Out Collective. “The ultimate objective is not only to bring our sisters home, but also to eliminate money bail altogether, which is just another tax on poor people,” said Nwangaza.

Mass Black Incarceration

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