Voices from the March (Allensworth)

Why I march to preserve Allensworth
By Brandon Ortiz on March 12

Doug Moore of the United Domestic Workers of America Homecare Providers Union has a wonderful story in the Huffington Post about Allensworth State Park. This is a must read.

Here is an excerpt:

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Today Jim Miller is marching from Allensworth to Pixley for Julie Long
By 260 Miles of Blogging on March 11

Here's what Julie wrote to Jim:

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Close prisons, not schools
By Jenn Laskin on March 11

On Wednesday, we left the historic “40 Acre” compound, the original headquarters of the United Farmworkers Union. As we headed to a rally at Allensworth State Park we commemorated the “I AM A MAN” 1968 march of Black Americans which brought attention to the civil rights movement. We are carrying that torch today. Education and social services are a civil and indeed, a basic human right.

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Allensworth, The All Black Town
By 260 Miles of Blogging on March 10

I wrote my senior thesis in college on the town of Allensworth and Boley (another all-black town) and was excited when I discovered that we would have the opportunity during this march to stay on the site of the town, now a state park in Earlimart, CA.

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