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Civil Rights Leaders' 75-Year-Old UN Appeal Recast in Light of Gaza
Original: Seventy-Five Years Ago, Civil Rights Leaders Appealed to the UN for Help in Fighting a Black Genocide in the US. They Were Ignored. Gaza is the Inevitable Result
Commentary from The Kansas City Defender argues that 75 years ago, American civil rights leaders petitioned the United Nations to address what they described as a genocide against Black people in the United States, and were ignored. The piece contends that this dismissal set a precedent of international inaction, which it frames as leading inevitably to the current situation in Gaza.
Why now: Ongoing debate over the UN's failure to intervene in Gaza is prompting renewed attention to past ignored appeals to the body.
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- Seventy-Five Years Ago, Civil Rights Leaders Appealed to the UN for Help in Fighting a Black Genocide in the US. They Were Ignored. Gaza is the Inevitable Result · The Kansas City Defender
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