Makeda Silvera speaks at a protest in response to the October 27, 1989, police shooting of 23-year-old Black woman Sophia Cook. The Black Women’s Collective organized the Women’s Coalition Against Racism and Police Violence, a coalition of 35 women’s and progressive organizations which brought people together on December 16, 1989, to demand police accountability and an end to police brutality against Black people.
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