The North Star with Shaun King

The North Star with Shaun King

Today's Poor People's Campaign Demands Economic Justice

thenorthstar
Jun 08, 2019
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In his founding editorial for The North Star, Frederick Douglass laid out his ambitions for the new publication. The mission of his anti-slavery newspaper mirrored the larger task of the abolitionist struggle, a task that those today can take inspiration from when building a fusion movement to overcome racism, poverty, militarism, ecological devastation…

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