In celebration of Black August, I talked to Nino Brown of the Party for Socialism & Liberation about his time organizing to save the Assata Shakur & Guillermo Morales Community Center in New York. In 1989, the center was dedicated after student-led protests at CUNY followed proposed tuition hikes. It served as a space for student organizers, LGBT and women's rights activism, and political organizing.

Black August is a commemoration of freedom fighters, organizers, and activists, among others who gave their lives to the struggle for Black liberation.

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