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Title
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Death Penalty Protest, 1999
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Description
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The year 1999 was a focal point for capital punishment opposition in the United States. In St. Louis, the Organization for Black Struggle adopted the Black Freedom Agenda, which explicitly demanded the abolition of the death penalty. OBS actively protested capital punishment alongside broader movements against systemic racism and police brutality. Their advocacy in 1999 specifically targeted the race and class biases embedded in Missouri's justice system.
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Creator
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Organization for Black Struggle
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Subject
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Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)
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Death Penalty
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Protests
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Organization for Black Struggle
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Spatial Coverage
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Date Created
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1999
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Format
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Photograph
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Rights
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Organization for Black Struggle
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
