Two Black Activist Groups Look Toward The Future Of Racial Justice In Pittsburgh
90.5 WESA Alexis Mighty, CEO of Pittsburgh I Can't Breathe, leads a march through the city's Hill District Tuesday. Videos of George Floyd dying beneath Chauvin’s knee sparked global outcry and months of protests last year. Crowds moving through the streets of Pittsburgh calling for racial justice became an almost daily sight. Two groups of young activists rose to prominence during that time: Black, Young, & Educated and Pittsburgh I Can’t Breathe. Both marched through the city Tuesday evening after the guilty verdict in the Chauvin trial was announced. Leaders have spent the last few ...
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