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An <i>Unapologetic</i> love letter to Chicago’s Black women activists

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An Unapologetic love letter to Chicago’s Black women activists

The documentary takes audiences to the front lines with millennial women leading the city’s Movement for Black Lives.

By Arionne Nettles

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When election and racial justice protests rocked Chicago, the mayor used raised bridges and shutdown public transportation as crowd control measures, which harmed the city’s workers.

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An Unapologetic love letter to Chicago’s Black women activists

The documentary takes audiences to the front lines with millennial women leading the city’s Movement for Black Lives.

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