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Repaying the Movement for Her Freedom
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
15 Jun 2020
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Margaret Kimberley · Repaying the Movement for Her Freedom

Bresha Meadows faced long imprisonment in the shooting death of her abusive father when she was 14 years old, but was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention and six months at a mental facility because of the intercession of Survived and Punished and other activists. Now free, Meadows hopes to lead a life of social activism. “That’s my calling,” said the 18 year-old Ohioan. “If it was not for the activists and social media, I don’t think that I would have gotten out.”

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