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Sleep Is the New WokeAuthor: Sleep Is the New Woke
Curated by Nyota Uhura, Sleep is the New Woke is a collage of the work (and inspired by the work) Darren and I began during the Ferguson uprising. #SleepIstheNewWoke was Darren's last pinned tweet, one of the phrases like 'actorvist" coined and popularized by Nyota, Darren and ZotheJerk during the uprising. Friend, fan & follow at www.sleepisthenewwoke.com Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Unsolved Assassination of Darren Seals: A Legacy of Resistance and a Call for Justice
Thursday, 8 May, 2025
On September 6, 2016, the life of Darren Seals, a fierce Ferguson activist, rapper, and community leader, was cut short in a brutal and calculated act. Found shot dead inside a burning Jeep Wrangler in Riverview, Missouri, Seals’ death sent shockwaves through the St. Louis community and beyond. Nearly a decade later, his assassination remains unsolved, a haunting symbol of systemic neglect and the silencing of Black voices who dare to challenge the status quo. Alongside his comrade Nyota Uhura, known as @BgYrl4Life, Seals’ work in Ferguson exposed the exploitation of Black trauma and laid bare the fractures within the movement for Black lives. Yet, the refusal of prominent Ferguson figures and elected officials, including former St. Louis County Prosecutor and current U.S. Representative Wesley Bell, to demand a thorough investigation into Seals’ murder raises urgent questions about accountability, complicity, and the cost of dissent.
