Today on Sojourner Truth:
As the nation mourns the passing of two civil rights icons, C.T. Vivian and Congress John Lewis, yet another civil rights leader, Charles Evers, has died. He was the brother of Medgar Evers, who was assassinated outside of his home in front of his family. C.T. Vivian's funeral takes place today on Thursday, July 23, in Atlanta, Georgia. Today, for our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Dr. Roslyn Satchel, giving reaction from the perspective of Black Lives activists of the contributions of these civil rights icons. What has the Black Lives Matter movement of today gleaned from their predecessors?
For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Orin Langelle, photojournalist and the Strategic Communications Director for the Global Justice Ecology Project. We discuss how the struggle in Portland relates to the Pinochet-era in Chile and also attacks against the Mapuche people, who are Indigenous to Chile.
Protests continue in Portland, Oregon, despite the presence of what many now refer to as Donald Trump's private army. We speak with Portland-based activist Mic Crenshaw and for legal analysis, Marjorie Cohn. Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she taught for 25 years.
