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Sun Jun 14, 2020, 06:47 PM Jun 2020

Racial Justice Groups Flooded With Donations

Racial Justice Groups Flooded With Donations

June 14, 2020 at 12:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/14/racial-justice-groups-flooded-with-donations/

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“The killing of George Floyd and the ensuing nationwide wave of protests are generating a record-setting flood of donations to racial justice groups, bail funds and black-led advocacy organizations across America, remaking the financial landscape of black political activism in a matter of weeks,” the New York Times reports.

“Money has come in so fast and so unexpectedly that some groups even began to turn away and redirect donors elsewhere. Others said they still could not yet account for how much had arrived. A deluge of online donations has washed over organizations big and small — from legacy civil rights groups to self-declared abolitionists seeking to defund the police.”

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Racial Justice Groups Flooded With Donations (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2020 OP
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