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Throwback Thursday: Resistance, Uprisings and How to Fight A Thug

The decision to fight cannot be dictated by the likelihood of winning.

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Michael Harriot
Apr 02, 2026
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(Ieshia Evans/Chicago Defender)

This article was published on March 30, 2018.

I was 9 years old the first time I was punched in the face.

During a church service, I absconded from the sanctuary with two of my older cousins and headed to a neighborhood store. When I returned, my mother asked where I had been, and I snitched: “I went to the store with Bernar…

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