She said she had not been expecting a call from Mr. West asking her to be his running mate.
Cornel West taps Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah as vice-presidential running mate
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In the wake of Supreme Court decisions that stymied relief from student loan debt held disproportionately by Black borrowers and banned affirmative action in higher education, the need for BLM's existence couldn't be more clear, said prominent movement activist Melina Abdullah.
Black Lives Matter movement marks 10 years of activism and renews its call to defund the police
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![In this July 31, 2020, file photo, Black Lives Matter protesters march past the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore. A survey published in October 2021 by the Pew Research Center found that "[a] large majority of Americans say there are strong political and strong racial and ethnic conflicts in the U.S. and that most people disagree on basic facts" about the underlying issues. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) **FILE**](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2021/10/13/racial_injustice_protesters_targeted_16187.dup~OFpVzw_c0-250-6048-3774_s652x380.jpg?283554df6daf6e11860d9f46a1b456e3d4eada1a)
