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Four young people share their stories.

Some have led marches to nearby university campuses.

HBCUs, especially, became incubators for anti-apartheid activism.

Looking back at the 1968 protests at Columbia University.

“Without Wisconsin, you’re not going to win this election.”

“Politicians are really just scared that they can’t control the narrative anymore.”

“We got books back on shelves. We got websites unblocked.”

“Yeah, I’m an activist, but I’m really just Mari.”

“No other pollster understands our generation better than we do.”

“Free speech is in danger here in the state of Florida.”

At Columbia, Vanderbilt, Pomona, and more, students are being hit with disciplinary proceedings and arrests for sit-ins.

"We attract those types of people who really want to keep progressive Black women voices out of Congress."

Here’s how.

My dad has been incarcerated since I was 1 year old.

The administration says it would help over 30 million borrowers.

“The willingness to see Black women as political superheroes makes it harder for us to be leaders.”

The April 8 eclipse is being called conspiracy theorists’ Super Bowl.

Bills in several states would allow screenings of this video created by an anti-abortion group.

I was tried as an adult for a crime I committed at the age of 15.

“Be your authentic self," says Abdullah Hammoud.