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08-04-2016, 10:54 PM
Celebrities speak out against police violence in new #SomedayIsToday campaign
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People of color have long found power and resilience in the words "We shall overcome someday." But a new PSA asks a harrowing question as an extension of that championed line: When?
In a powerful video from racial justice action group Campaign Zero (http://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision), famous people of color including Meagan Good and Marlon Wayans recite the words to the iconic protest song "We Shall Overcome." It's an anthem that became forever tied to the Civil Rights Movement, and these celebrities are using it to address racial injustice in America — and hope for the future.*
At the end of the video, actress Aja Naomi King asks, "When is 'someday?'" According to Campaign Zero, and celebrities like Tina K**wles-Lawson and Alfre Woodard featured in a second video, "someday" is today. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/somedayistoday-campaign-zero/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Police Violence (http://mashable.com/category/police-violence/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Police Brutality (http://mashable.com/category/police-brutality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Racism (http://mashable.com/category/racism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Racial Justice (http://mashable.com/category/racial-justice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Social Good (http://mashable.com/category/social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/wT3d1aNNHB0
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People of color have long found power and resilience in the words "We shall overcome someday." But a new PSA asks a harrowing question as an extension of that championed line: When?
In a powerful video from racial justice action group Campaign Zero (http://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision), famous people of color including Meagan Good and Marlon Wayans recite the words to the iconic protest song "We Shall Overcome." It's an anthem that became forever tied to the Civil Rights Movement, and these celebrities are using it to address racial injustice in America — and hope for the future.*
At the end of the video, actress Aja Naomi King asks, "When is 'someday?'" According to Campaign Zero, and celebrities like Tina K**wles-Lawson and Alfre Woodard featured in a second video, "someday" is today. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/somedayistoday-campaign-zero/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Police Violence (http://mashable.com/category/police-violence/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Police Brutality (http://mashable.com/category/police-brutality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Racism (http://mashable.com/category/racism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Racial Justice (http://mashable.com/category/racial-justice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Social Good (http://mashable.com/category/social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/wT3d1aNNHB0