PATRISSE CULLORS is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, public speaker, and an NAACP History Maker. In​ 2016, Patrisse received the Defender of the Dream Award from the AFL-CIO Executive Council Committee on Civil and Human Rights, the Revolution … Continued


Up next on Hard Knock, we present a conversation featuring Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson discussing his new book, Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi. The conversation took place this past Sunday and was organized and hosted by East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) and Center for Political Education … Continued