Sixty years ago, the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom saw Martin Luther King Jr. give his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Both the march and speech were seminal moments instrumental in the passage of the watershed Civil Rights Act of 1964. Where does the fight for equal opportunity and civil rights stand today?

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Rep. Summer Lee made history in 2022 when she became the first Black woman elected to serve in the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania. Since her swearing-in, Lee has joined the Congressional Black Caucus, where she co-chairs the Race and Justice Taskforce, and serves on the executive board of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. But why does the drive for change consistently come from the hearts and souls of Black women? And how are we seeing a new wave of Black women changing the face of American politics?

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• Summer Lee, (D-Pennsylvania)

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Within the last decade, organizers and advocates have turned out to protest the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of law enforcement. 10 years after its first use, more than 44 million tweets with the hashtag BlackLivesMatter exist on Twitter, according to Pew Research Center.

On this episode of The Switch Up, we reflect on the last 10 years of work to spread the message that Black Lives Matter. What’s been done so far — and where do we have left to go?

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Black Americans have been vital in the fight for civil rights, and not just when it comes to race.

Numerous Black queer activists have fought for decades to secure equal rights for the LGBTQ community, yet their names are often left out of history books. This year, they’ve begun to receive more attention — particularly after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued queer history and Black history had no connection.

But many argue the contributions of Black queer activists have been vital in the fight for equality over the years.  

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