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Press Release: 1,000 Black activists, scholars and artists sign statement supporting Palestinian freedom and equality
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2015
Click here for the final list of signatories. Arabic translation available.
Press contacts : Kristian Davis Bailey & Khury Petersen-Smith | blackforpalestine[at]gmail.com
1,000 Black activists, scholars and artists sign statement supporting freedom and equality for Palestinian people
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