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Black-Led Maryland Party Looks Beyond Elections
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
25 Mar 2019
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Maryland’s Ujima Peoples Progress Party is preparing for a statewide conference in Baltimore, May 11, under the theme, “Elections and Beyond: Building Independent Solutions for the Black Community.” Ujima puts Black workers at the center, said Ujima activist Nnamdi Lumumba. “The truth is that, in a modern society, all political parties have a class character.” 

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