Trotter Collaborative

With fist raised, Raj Sethuraju, helps carry a mock coffin during a silent march for justice for George Floyd in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota on the day before the beginning of the trial of Derek Chauvin.

Statement on Derek Chauvin’s Prison Sentence for the Murder of George Floyd

There are three words to keep in mind as to Derek Chauvin’s prison sentence: severity, rarity, and legitimacy. Americans will judge this sentence, based on both the severity of the sentence and the rarity of punishing police, to determine its legitimacy. This rarity of police accountability and the modest severity of the Chauvin sentence in no …

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Achieving Our Country: An Academy of Citizen Activism | A Keynote Conversation with Reginald Hudlin

Watch the Virtual Event – Achieving Our Country: A Keynote Conversation with Reggie Hudlin

This session features a keynote conversation with Reginald Hudlin, President of Hudlin Entertainment and Honorary Co-Chair of “Achieving Our Country.” Prof. Cornell William Brooks moderates the conversation. “Achieving Our Country: An Academy of Citizen Activism” is created for activists, advocates, academics, and artists who work at the grassroots level, to teach advocacy skills and create …

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The Juneteenth flag. The Juneteenth flag is red, white, and blue, echoing the colors of the American flag, to symbolize that all former slaves and their descendants became American citizens under the law. The white star on the flag represents Texas with the burst around it being the new freedom throughout the land over the horizon, hence the arch of red in the background..

Statement on the Observance of Juneteenth

On the 156th observance of Juneteenth, the community of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice remembers the resilience of formerly enslaved Africans, the evils of slavery, and the concomitant anti-black violence that impacts Black people today. History reminds us that President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1st, 1863. That proclamation …

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George Floyd mural and memorial Summer 2020

One Year After George Floyd’s Murder: Courageous Witnesses Birth A Movement

One year ago today George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, after being arrested on suspicion of using counterfeit money in a convenience store. The moral witness of 17-year-old Darnella Frazier, using her steady hand and cellphone camera, broadcast the horrendous scene as the officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for …

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Poster for event named "Achieving Our Country: An Academy of Citizen Activism", being held virtually on May 21 and 22. Center of poster is a black woman wearing a black turtleneck and a black beret, holds her fist up in the air.

Achieving Our Country: An Academy of Citizen Activism

A Virtual Social Justice Convening of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice May 20-21, 2021 This convening is created for activists, advocates, academics and artists who work at the grassroots level, to teach advocacy skills and create a national coalition of social justice collaborators. This virtual convening, to be held on May 20th and …

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Young black boy holding a sign saying stop police brutality, no justice, no peave

Statement on the Guilty Verdicts in the Trial of Derek Chauvin for the Murder of George Floyd

The verdicts in the historic trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd – guilty of second- and third-degree murder as well as second-degree manslaughter – ushers in palpable relief for the Floyd family, in particular, and millions of protestors who crowded streets and parks from Los Angeles to …

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Congressman John Lewis (left) and Reverand C.T. Vivian (right).

The Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis and Reverend CT Vivian

John Robert Lewis. Cordy Tindell Vivian. Two elders in the struggle for freedom and liberation have transitioned to the ancestral realm. From the ends of the earth, to the hearts of cities across our nation, from the mouths of liberals and conservatives, cries of anguish are heard across the country. Both men embodied nonviolent direct …

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